BJKC top seeds Mongolia hand Malaysia 3-0 defeat
Malaysia lost 3-0 to Mongolia in the Billie Jean King Cup (BJKC) Asia-Oceania Group II competition (group A) clash.
Lim Zan Ning took to court first against Martaa Chogsomjav and did well to take a set off the latter before succumbing to a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-0 defeat.
Elsa Wan Abdul Rahman, who was ill and suffered dehydration during Malaysia's 2-1 win against Kyrgyzstan on Monday, was cleared to play today and faced Martaa's elder sister Maralgoo.
The latter won 6-2, 7-5 to secure an unassailable 2-0 lead for Mongolia.
Martaa-Maralgoo then teamed up to beat Hannah Yip-Joleen Saw 7-5, 7-5 to complete their 3-0 win.
National team captain Koay Hao Sheng was neverthless pleased with his players efforts.
"We expected a tough fight against the top seeds and the goal was to try and sneak a win in one of the two singles matches," said Hao Sheng.
"Zan Ning came close to doing it in the first two sets of her singles match. Unfortunately, her opponent opted to take a 10-minute heat break and came back strong in the third set.
"Elsa was not quite 100 per cent today but she gave a good fight in the second set. Hopefully she will improve in her next matches."
Malaysia will next play Northern Mariana Islands tomorrow (June 19) and cannot afford to lose if they are hoping to make the top two cut in group A to qualify for the semi-finals.
Northern Mariana Islands have yet to win a match in the tournament so far having lost 3-0 against Singapore, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.
"We should be okay against them, however, we can never be complacent. I expect all our players to give it their best tomorrow," said Hao Sheng.
In other ties played today, Singapore downed Northern Mariana Islands 3-0 (group A) while in Group B top seeds Indonesia downed Uzbekistan 2-1. Philippines defeated Iran 3-0.
Order of play for tomorrow (June 19)
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