Ee Yi deserves a pat on his back as he stepped up even with a deep gash on his chin in the closing stages of the rubber game. Ee Yi played bravely and even saved two match points before Kamura-Sonoda sealed their first win in three meetings against them. 2 Nozomi Okura duly delivered by beating Lee Zii Jia and Soniia Cheah respectively. Soniia went down 16-21, 13-21 to Okura in 43 minutes while Zii Jia was outplayed 18-21, 16-21 by Momota. RESULTSQuarter-finals: Japan bt Malaysia 3-0 (Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda bt Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 13-21, 24-26, 21-23; Nozomi Okuhara bt Soniia Cheah 21-16, 21-13; Kento Momota bt Lee Zii Jia 21-18, 21-16).

Source: The Star May 24, 2019 08:26 UTC