BANGKOK: Malaysia have confirmed their place in the quarter-finals of the Thomas Cup after cruising past Algeria 5-0 in their second Group D tie here on Tuesday.
Malaysia will face defending champions Denmark on Wednesday to decide who tops the group.
Despite resting their top guns, namely Lee Chong Wei and men's doubles Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong, they barely broke sweat en route to thrashing the African champions.
In the first singles match, national No 2 Lee Zii Jia saw off Youcef Sabri Medel 21-6, 21-13, before Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin thumped Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 21-7, 21-9 to give Malaysia a 2-0 lead.
Debutant Leong Jun Hao showed no signs of nerve when he notched a 21-13, 21-8 win over Algerian skipper Adel Hamek, securing Malaysia the win.
Scratch pair Teo Ee Yi-Mohd Arif Latif also made easy work of their opponents, Koceila Mammeri-Youcef, beating them 21-12, 21-10
Last month's Malaysia International Challenge runners-up Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik completed the drubbing with a 21-11, 21-15 win over Abderrahime-Adelin the final match.
Algeria take on Russia on Wednesday.