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PROTON-BWF THOMAS & UBER CUP 2010 FINALS: India-Australia to battle for last Thomas Cup spot

Posted by Lucas Liau News 10:02 AM

Fifteen of the 16 quarter-finalists for the Thomas and Uber Cup competitions have been confirmed with the only remaining ticket to be decided when India face Australia in a Thomas Cup Group D match tomorrow.

Indonesia, who is the only seeded team to have played consecutive group matches, top Group D after beating Australia 5-0 and India 4-1 respectively, leaving a winner-takes-all clash between the two defeated teams.

Tomorrow, in Group A, China and South Korea face off to decide the group champion, Malaysia and Japan meet to see who top Group B while Denmark and Germany square off to decide the Group C winners.

In the Uber Cup, all eight quarter-finalists have been sorted out with the qualified teams playing each other to decide the group champions. The draw for the quarter-finals will be made after the last tie ends on Tuesday.

In Group A, China and Malaysia, progressed after both teams beat three-time champions United States of America 5-0. In Group B Indonesia and Denmark booked their seats to the last eight after beating Australia 5-0 and 3-2 respectively.

In Group C, Japan and Russia are through after both beat Germany 4-1 while India and South Korea square off after blanking South Africa 5-0 in Group D.

EVENING RESULTS

THOMAS CUP

GROUP B

Japan 5 Nigeria 0 (Kenichi Tago bt Fagbemi Olaoluwa 21-10, 21-14; Kenichi Hayakawa-Kenta Kazuno bt Adamu Ibrahim-Edicha Ocholi 21-5, 21-13; Sho Sasaki bt Ifraimu Jinkam 21-4, 21-14; Shoji Sato bt Abah Eneojo 21-9,21-11; Noriyasu Hirata-Hirokatsu Hashimoto bt Fagbemi Olaoluwa-Ifraimu Jinkam 21-4, 21-13)

GROUP C

Germany 5 Poland 0 (Marc Zwiebler bt Przemyslaw Wacha 21-15, 26-24; Ingo Kinderwater-Michael Fuchs bt Adam Cwalina-Michal Logosz 21-16, 21-19; Dieter Domke bt Michal Rogalski 21-8,21-17; Kristof Hopp-Johannes Schoettler bt Lukasz Moren-Przemyslaw Wacha 18-21, 21-17, 21-18; Marcel Reuter bt Hubert Paczek 16-21, 21-19, 21-18)

UBER CUP

GROUP A

Malaysia 5 USA 0 (Wong Mew Choo bt Rena Wang 21-, 21-10; Tee Jing Yee bt Eva Lee 21-12, 21-14; Sonia Cheah bt Cee Nantana Ketpura 21-16, 16-21; 21-9; Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui Chin bt Priscilla Lun- Chen Keui-Ya 21-9,21-8; Woon Khee Wei-Ng Hui Ling bt Eva Lee-Mesinee Mangkalakiri 21-17, 22-24, 21-14)

GROUP D

India 5 South Africa 0 (Saina Nehwal bt Kerry-Lee Harrington 21-8, 21-8; Adit Muttatkar bt Stacey Doubell 21-5, 21-6; Trupti Murgunde bt Jade Morgan 21-10,21-9; Shruti Kurian-Aparna Balan bt Stacey Doubell-Kerry-Lee Harrington 21-13, 21-10; Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa bt Michelle Edwards-Jade Morgan 21-8,21-12)