Malaysia's hopes of making it to the Uber Cup quarterfinals were blown out after losing 2-3 to Denmark at the Kunshan Sports Centre, here today.
It was the squad's second straight defeat in Group A since they had also lost 0-5 to China on Sunday.
Tee Jing Yi who came in as the first singles failed to deliver the first point after losing 11-21, 9-21 to Line Kjaersfeldt in straight sets.
The women's double scratch pair Amelia Alicia Anscelly/Woon Khe Wei put up an outstanding performance to stretch world number five pair Chritinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl before losing 16-21, 17-21.
Malaysia, trailing 0-2, brought on 16-year-old Goh Jin Wei who excelled to snatch a point from the Danish side when she disposed Mette Poulsen 21-18, 21-13 in straight sets to make it 1-2.
Another doubles scratch pair Goh Liu Ying/Vivian Hoo came on put up another sizzling display to level the tie at 2-2 by smashing their way to a 21-18, 22-24, 21-12 victory over Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen.
Unfortunately, the third singles Ho Yen Mei who won the first set 24-22, failed to maintain her rhythm and lost the second and third sets 13-21, 13-21 to end Malaysia's quarterfinal hopes in the Uber Cup competition.
Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) technical director Morten Frost Hansen said he was disappointed with Jing Yi's performance since she did not live up to expectation.
"Actually everything went according to our plan but the first singles was a disappointment. It's not the fact that we lost it because we feel that it is a 50-50 match but that's the way we lost it."
Credit should be given to national second singles and doubles pair who registered two points to level the tie at 2-2 which revived Malaysia's hopes.
Malaysia will next take Spain to complete the Group A match.
Bernama
Tue May 17 2016
Ho Yen Mei who wins the first set 24-22, fails to maintain her rhythm and losts the second and third sets. - fotoBERNAMA
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