Thomas Cup

BANGKOK (May 9): The Malaysian men's badminton squad kicked off their 2022 Thomas Cup Finals' campaign in stunning fashion as they cruised to a 5-0 victory ...

Tze Yong, ranked 46th best in the world, was gutted to having to surrender the second set to Torjussen due to a strong draft inside the venue but was pleased that he was able to find his way out to contribute the third point for the team. Not only that, the match which was delayed for over five minutes in the second set due to lighting issues did not affect Aaron-Wooi Yik’s momentum to put Malaysia in the driving seat against England. However, it was not a plain sailing for Malaysia’s number one pair as they had to bounce back from first set defeat, 19-21, before they going on to prevail against the ‘stubborn’ English pair in the next two sets, winning in 21-15, 21-16.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia got their Thomas Cup campaign in Bangkok off to an inspiring start when they thrashed England 5-0 in Group D today.

Group D - Malaysia bt England 5-0; Japan bt United States 5-0. Group B - China bt France 5-0; Denmark bt Algeria 5-0; "We are not satisfied with our performance today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — The Malaysian men's badminton squad kicked off their 2022 Thomas Cup Finals' campaign in stunning fashion as they cruised to a 5-0 ...

Tze Yong, ranked 46th best in the world, was gutted to having to surrender the second set to Torjussen due to a strong draft inside the venue but was pleased that he was able to find his way out to contribute the third point for the team. Not only that, the match which was delayed for over five minutes in the second set due to lighting issues did not affect Aaron-Wooi Yik’s momentum to put Malaysia in the driving seat against England. However, it was not a plain sailing for Malaysia’s number one pair as they had to bounce back from first set defeat, 19-21, before they going on to prevail against the ‘stubborn’ English pair in the next two sets, winning in 21-15, 21-16.

Malaysia got their Thomas Cup campaign off to a perfect start with a 5-0 thrashing of England in their opening Group D match on Monday.

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Updates from India's matches from day two of the Thomas and Uber Cup in Bangkok.

IND vs CAN, Srikanth Kidambi 20-22, 16-9 Brian Yang: Genius at the net, when he is in the zone. IND vs CAN, Srikanth Kidambi 7-7 Brian Yang: The Canadian is starting to show his skills. IND vs CAN, Srikanth Kidambi 20-22, 21-11, 5-5 Brian Yang: Srikanth is missing the lines again... IND vs CAN, Srikanth Kidambi 20-22, 21-11 Brian Yang: DECIDER! Srikanth found his groove and ran away with the second game... Srikanth Kidambi and HS Prannoy on MS1, MS2 duties and Priyanshu Rajawat gets the MS3 slot. IND 1-0 CAN, Satwik-Chirag 21-12 Ho Shue-Lee: Comfortable from start to finish for the Indians. If I heard Mathias Boe right at the interval, he wants to try out a specific routine a few times with better communication. IND 3-0 CAN, Krishna Prasad-Vishnuvardhan 11-8 Dong-Yakura: The Indians started off with a comfortable 7-1 lead but the Canadians have closed the gap down. Srikanth seems to have the game on his racket... IND 4-0 CAN, Priyanshu Rajawat 21-13, 20-22 Victor Lai: The 17-year-old fights back from the brink! IND 4-0 CAN, Priyanshu Rajawat 21-13, 20-22, 11-7 Victor Lai: Priyanshu seems to have recovered well enough from the climax of the second game. IND 4-0 CAN, Priyanshu Rajawat 21-13, 16-15 Victor Lai: A big roar from Priyanshu as he levels thing up against a resurgent Victor who had sneaked ahead. IND 4-0 CAN, Priyanshu Rajawat 21-13, 20-22, 5-4 Victor Lai: Mentally, Priyanshu must not let the second game linger on.

Singles ace, Lee Zii Jia proved too strong for Toby Penty as he raced to a comfortable 8-0 lead in the earlier stage of the opening game before taking it 21-10, ...

BANGKOK, May 9 — World number two player, Kento Momota may have endured a patch of bad form lately but national professional singles ace, Lee Zii Jia ...

“I think he was too tired, after the Denmark Open he played in the French Open semi-final a week later but he had to give walkover to another Japanese shuttler, Kanta Tsuneyama,” he added. Last March, Zii Jia defeated Momota in the last eight of the All England Badminton Championships 2022 in a three-setter, 21-7, 13-21, 21-11. “After I beat him at the All England he (Momota) he has been a very stable player but I feel his standard is still up there.

The world champion beats fifth-ranked Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-13, 21-14. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

In the second singles, 88th-ranked Jason Teh clawed his way back from 14-8 down to lead 16-14 in the first game, but defending Asian Games champion and world No. Jonatan Christie showed his experience by snuffing out the challenge and winning 21-19, 21-13 in 45 minutes. Buoyed by the solid start, 56th-ranked pair Loh Kean Hean and Terry Hee also threatened a surprise in the first doubles match, and took world No. 8 duo Fajar Alfian and Rian Ardianto to a decider before losing 21-14, 19-21, 21-12 in 47 minutes. The 24-year-old looked in total control in the first singles match as he beat a higher-ranked player for the first time since he was crowned world champion in December.