Sze Fei-Izzuddin turn heroes as Malaysia shock Japan 3-1 to reach Thomas Cup semis

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Malaysia pulled off the impossible to stun Japan 3-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup Finals in Chengdu, China on Thursday (May 2) night.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/goGQ9  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysia stunned Japan 3-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup finals in China's Chengdu

00:07on Thursday night.

00:09Independent shuttler Li Zijia got Malaysia off to a ruthless start against the higher-ranked

00:14Japanese team in the quarterfinals.

00:17Li crushed Kenta Nishimoto 21-13, 21-3 in the first singles, extending his head-to-head

00:24wins to 8 in 11 meetings.

00:26Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi levelled the tie for Japan after beating Aaron Chia and

00:31So Wu-yik 18-21, 21-14, 21-19 in the first doubles thriller.

00:38In the second singles, the odds were against Leong Joon-ho, but he restored Malaysia's

00:42advantage after stunning Koki Watanabe 21-13, 21-10.

00:48It was sweet revenge for Leong after losing to Watanabe in the semi-finals of the Asia

00:53Team Championships in February.

00:56Yugo Sefei and Nur Izuddin turned heroes by sealing the 3-1 win for Malaysia.

01:01They overcame Akira Koga and Taichi Saito 18-21, 21-15, 21-12 in the second doubles.

01:10Malaysia will face China in the semi-final on Saturday.

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