Malaysia warmed up for their big clash against India at the Asia Team Championships by trouncing minnows Kazakhstan 5-0 in their Group B match in Manila on Wednesday.

World number 14 Lee Zii Jia set the men's contingent on their way with a 21-6, 21-12 triumph over Dmitriy Panarin, before Cheam June Wei made it 2-0 by packing away Artur Niyazov 21-15, 21-11.

Leong Jun Hao completed a clean sweep in the men’s singles department when he downed Khaitmurat Kulmatov 21-13, 21-13.

It was the men’s doubles next, and Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik duly made it 4-0 with a 21-11, 21-11 success over Niyazov-Panarin, who experienced their second defeats in quick succession.

The whitewash was complete through upcoming pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin, who thrashed Nikita Bragin-Kulmatov 21-9, 21-4.
 

 

 

 

 

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Dominant victory for Malaysia⁣ ⁣ Malaysia romped to a 5-0 win over Kazakhstan in the Group B opening match in Manila, Philippines. ⁣ ⁣ Team captain, @leeziijia started the ball rolling as he defeated Dimitriy Panarin 21-6 21-12.⁣ ⁣ Second and third singles, @cheamjunewei and @junhao_leong clinched the comfortable victory for Malaysia with 21-15 21-11 and 21-13 21-13 score against Artur Niyazov and Khaitmurat Kulmatov respectively.⁣ ⁣ Leading men’s doubles, @aaronchiatengfong @sohwooiyik overcame Artur-Dimitriy 21-11 21-11 while second pair, @gohszefei @nur_izzuddin_97 completed the whitewash through a 21-9 21-4 result over Nikita Bragin-Khaitmurat.⁣ ⁣ The national team is scheduled to square off against India tomorrow at 4.00pm.⁣ ⁣ #BadmintonMalaysia⁣ #BadmintonLovers

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The victory confirmed Malaysia’s place in the knockout rounds, but they need to overcome India, featuring  the likes of World Championships bronze medalist B. Sai Praneeth, K. Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy, on Thursday (4pm local time) to finish as group champions and receive a favourable draw.

As for the Malaysia women's team, they play defending Uber Cup champions Japan in their Group W match on Thursday morning (10am).

The semi-finalists of the men’s and women’s teams also qualify for the Thomas & Uber Cup in May.