MALAYSIA edged closer to the quarter-finals of the Thomas Cup 2024 after they got off to a flying start in their Group D campaign with a massive 5-0 win over Hong Kong at the Chengdu High-Tech Zone Sports Centre, here in China today.

Professional men’s singles shuttler, Lee Zii Jia got the ball rolling for Malaysia as he managed to survive a tight contest in the earlier stage of the first match against world number 15 Lee Cheuk Yiu before finding his groove to take the opening set 21-18.