The women shuttlers have now won two of their three matches in Group B, after edging past Turkey 3-2 yesterday. They will clash with Japan tomorrow for top position, which will give them a seeding for the fresh quarter-finals draw.

After having struggled against Turkey yesterday, the Malaysian women’s team was a complete contrast today against the relatively unknown South African players.

Malaysia’s winning point was delivered by third singles player Siti Zulaikha Azmi who breezed past Elme De Villiers 21-11, 21-5 in just 21 minutes.

Earlier, K Letshanaa had given Malaysia a positive start by beating Johanita Scholtz 21-6, 21-10 in just 22 minutes, with second singles player Wong Ching Ling making it 2-0 with a powerful display to defeat Chloe Lai 21-8, 21-4 in just 20 minutes.

Malaysia are expected to win the tie 5-0 as the two doubles pairs of Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting and Chong Jie Yu-Low Zi Yu are expected to triumph over their rivals who are ranked far below the Malaysians.