Six-time winner China blanked Indonesia 5-0 in their final group match at 11th Sudirman Cup world team badminton championship here on Thursday, while Malaysia marched to their first-ever semis. Olympic silver medallists Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng won the men's doubles by a narrow margin, defeating newly-paired Hendra Setiawan/Mohanmmad Ahsan 21-10, 19-21, 21-12.

Cai Yun (L) and Fu Haifeng of China compete during the men's doubles competition against Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan of Indonesia at the 11th Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championship in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, May 14, 2009. Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng won the match 2-1.

Setiawan and Kido Markis beat Cai/Fu in the men's doubles final at last year's Beijing Olympics. "I don't know why coaches decided to rest Kido. But it was the coaches' decision and I just do as I was told to," said Setiawan. "They played better than us and we had three had serves. Maybe we can beat them the next time," said Ahsan.

Cai admitted that the change of the pairing surprised him. "We prepared to play Kido/Setiawan," said Cai. "But anyway, we are so familiar with each other and it didn't affect us.

"We won the first set quite easily and we got a bit relaxed in the second set," he added.

Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan of Indonesia compete during the men's doubles competition against Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China at the 11th Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championship in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, May 14, 2009

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