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| Low Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah Ramdan pulled off a huge upset against world No 7 duo Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi in the final Group B match of the Uber Cup Finals 2026 between Malaysia and Japan yesterday. (Bernama pic) |
Free Malaysia Today : Malaysia lost the Uber Cup tie. But in a single, stunning victory over a world No 7 pair, two teenagers delivered something far more enduring — belief that the future has already arrived. PETALING JAYA: At 19-16 down in the decider, they were not supposed to believe.
Read it all at the source........Not against the world No 7 pair. Not on a stage this big. Not at 15 and 18. But belief, it turned out, did not care about rankings. On a tense night at the Uber Cup, Malaysia may have lost the tie but in those final, breathless moments, something far more significant took shape.
Low Zi Yu and Noraqilah Maisarah Ramdan arrived as underdogs, ranked No 143 in the world and playing on a stage that typically belongs to experience. Across the net stood Japan’s world No 7 pairing of Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi: established, composed, expected to deliver. The script was clear. Until it wasn’t.
Zi Yu, tall and steady beyond her 15 years, and the pint-sized but fearless 18-year-old Noraqilah refused to follow it. They took the opening game 21-17, lost the second 12-21, and found themselves staring at defeat at 19-16 in the decider. That was where the match should have ended. Instead, it sharpened. One point. Then another. Then another. Five straight points.
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