Dongguan, China - Malaysia's hope of advancing in the Sudirman Cup on Thursday were crushed by South Korea at the quarter-finals, with Lee Chong Wei's victory the only silver lining for the team.
Malaysia fell 3-1 to South Korea at the mixed-teams tournament, in front of thousands of fans in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan.
Lee, the lone bright spot for Malaysia, played to chants of "Go, Lee Chong Wei, Go" from the crowd during a tight first game with South Korea's Son Wan Ho, with the Malaysian eventually emerging victorious 17-21, 12-21.
"I feel that I performed pretty well, I was satisfied," the former world number one, told reporters after winning.
AFP
