Malaysia’s women’s badminton squad shows great potential after reaching the Uber Cup quarterfinals for the first time in 16 years.
THE national women’s badminton squad has shown great potential for stronger performances in future editions following a positive campaign at the 2026 Uber Cup held at Forum Horsens.
National Coaching Director Rexy Mainaky expressed his admiration for the team’s fighting spirit. With a squad composed of 50% young players, Malaysia managed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the prestigious tournament for the first time in 16 years, putting up a brave challenge despite falling 0-3 to defending champions China yesterday.
“The majority of the squad are young players; they were able to play with a ‘nothing to lose’ attitude and showed a positive performance against China (in the quarterfinals yesterday),” he said in a video shared by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) today.
“K. Letshanaa, as the first singles, faced the All England champion Wang Zhi Yi, and our debut pair Ong Xin Yee and Carmen Ting managed to compete against the world No. 1 pair, Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning. They were very positive,” he added.
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Yesterday, Malaysia began the quarterfinals on a difficult note when national women’s singles player K. Letshanaa (world No. 33) put up a fierce fight before narrowly losing 17-21, 18-21 to world number two Wang Zhi Yi in a match lasting 47 minutes.
— More to come