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Form favours Chinese shuttiers
KUALA LUMPUR. May 1 1: China will hold the edge over hosts Malaysia in the first semifinal of
the Thomas Cup badminton championship here tomorrow while Indonesia will start favourites over South Korea on Wednesday reports AFP
The Chinese, four-time winners since 1982 with a break in 1984 when they lost to Indonesia, take to the court without dropping a single set in three preliminary matches against Indonesia. Sweden and Thailand
Ht will be a tough game to-
morrow but we have a slight edge over Malaysia, though the Malaysians have home ground advantage," Chinese team leader Wang Wen Jiao said
Wang said that his players led by world champion Zhao Jlanhua. 27. will also he handicapped by the humid conditions at Kuala Lumpur's sta dium Negara The high humidity will affect our players," he said
With Its unbeaten run In the preliminaries. China Is the most balanced team In the current championship although Its 5 0 win over Indonesia on Sunday came from an understrength Indonesian side
In the tie. described as a sham by a local newspaper, both Indonesia and China rested key players after having already qualified for the semis
China rested Zhao while Indonesia was without lop ranked Ardy Wtranata. fielding instead Its doubles players In the three singles
Wang said his first doubles' pair of LI Yongbo and Tian Btngyl would be China s weak est link because of a recent injury to Tien. They will play Malaysia s top doubles pair, the famed Sldek brothers. Razlf and Jalanl
Malaysia, with Its strongest team since it last won the Trophy tn 1967, staged a roar Ing comeback Sunday with a 5-0 win over Denmark after Its near elimination tn a humlHat Ing 2 3 defeat by South Korea
South Korea whose only target was to qualify for the
semifinals, has at best an out side chance against Indonesia who. however, have not been really tested In the prellmlnar les.
The Chinese women are expected to breeze past Sweden In the first Uber Cup semifinal Monday while South Korea will take on Indonesia with little to separate the two sides on Wednesday
An AP message adds Captain Tian Blngyl to 111. but defending champions China are confident of defeating Malaysia even without him In the semifinals Tuesday, a Chinese official said
Tian, China s doubles ace was running a temperature of 37 I degrees Celsius (98 8 Fahrenheit) and did not play In China s 5-0 defeat of Indonesia In the last group match Sunday, team manager Wang Wenjlao said
"We will check his condition tomorrow morning." Wang said Monday
Even without Tian. China could defeat Indonesia, but 1t would be a tough fight. Wang said Monday
But Malaysian team manager Puncharhanin Gunalan pre dieted victory for the Malaysians
"We have faith In all our players and we have nothing to lose The fact that China and especially Indonesia, had obvl ously taken great pains tn avoid Malaysia In the semifinals speaks something for the team." Gunalan said
UBER CUP
In the Uber Cup. the
Thomas Cup's equivalent for women, defending champtons China expect to defeat Sweden In Tuesday's semifinals. Wang said
Sweden team manager Jan Otov Jacobson said. "We are the underdogs and this is a tall order, or should I say an im possible task to beat China at the moment All the Chinese players are strong and the best we can do is to give our girls the experience."
China have been the Thomas Cup champions since 1986 and the Uber Cup champions since 1984.
South Korea and Indonesia also will meet In the Uber Cup semifinals.