MALAYSIA booked a place in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Team Championship after brushing aside Germany 3-0 without dropping a game in Cairo yesterday.

A day after struggling to get past South Africa, Malaysia had a far easier ride against the Germans to join the Netherlands, who beat South Africa 2-1, in the last eight from Group D.

National coach Jamie Hickox gave Low Wee Wern her World Team debut at third-string and the national junior did not disappoint with an 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 win over Sina Wall in 27 minutes for Malaysia's first point.

National No 3 Delia Arnold then clinched the winner for Malaysia having been promoted to second-string in place of Sharon Wee, who struggled against the South Africans on the opening day.

World No 34 Delia beat 172nd-ranked Pamela Hathway 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 to give Malaysia an unassailable 2-0 lead.
Nicol David, the World No 1, completed the 3-0 rout by cantering to an 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 win over German No 1 Kathrin Rohmueller in 24 minutes.

The Dutch had to rely on former world champion Vanessa Atkinson to save their blushes after the surprise defeat of Nicol's training partner Annelize Laude to South Africa's Siyole Lusaseni 13-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5.

Vanessa, playing at first-string, sealed the win by beating South African national champion Farrah Sterne 11-7, 11-6, 11-6.

Orla Noom gave the Dutch a 1-0 lead when she edged Milnay Louw 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4 at third string.

Both Malaysia and the Netherlands have two wins each and face off today for the top spot in the Group with the losers facing a probable last eight clash against hosts Egypt, who topped Group B with three wins.

RESULTS - Group A: Hong Kong 3 Austria 0, England 3 Spain 0; Group B: Egypt 3 Switzerland 0, Australia 3 Japan 0; Group C: Ireland 3 Italy 0, New Zealand 3 China 0; Group D: Malaysia 3 Germany 0, Netherlands 2 South Africa 1.