KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 Former Olympic and world champion Taufik Hidayat looked a shadow of his former self in labouring to victory in the Thomas Cup on Monday, as Nigeria were effectively thrown out of the tournament.

Hidayat, Indonesia's top shuttler, took more than an hour to see off India's Kashyap Parupalli in the world team championships, finally getting off court with a 14-21, 21-19, 21-18 win against the world No 13.

Indonesia went on to win 4-1 but suffered a setback when Sony Dwi Kuncoro - back in the side after being dropped for the opener - retired with a hurt back in his rubber against Arvind Bhatt.

South Korea opened their campaign by delivering Peru their second 5-0 thrashing of the tournament, with world No 39 Shon Wan-Ho easing past Andres Corpancho 21-9, 21-15 to set the tone.

But the day was overshadowed by Nigeria being punished for failing to show on time for their opening Thomas Cup tie against Malaysia on Sunday after their flight was cancelled. The host nation was handed a 5-0 walkover.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced that Nigeria would be allowed to play their final group game for the sake of world ranking points but the tie would be handed automatically to Japan.

As it happened, Japan didn't need the helping hand, thrashing their opponents 5-0 in just one hour and 42 minutes.

Poland, thrashed 5-0 by Denmark on the opening day, bowed out after another 5-0 defeat by Germany.

In the women's Uber Cup, Denmark's doubles pairing of Lena Frier Kristiansen and Marie Ropke put Australia's Tang He Tian and Huang Chia Chi to the sword with a 21-13, 21-16 win, sealing a 3-2 victory in the cup's closest tie so far.

Australia, who were whitewashed by Indonesia on Sunday, go out of the tournament.

India and hosts Malaysia handed South Africa and the USA respectively their second 5-0 thrashings, ensuring both non-Asian teams finished bottom of their groups.

Malaysian No 2 Tee Jing Yee beat Eva Lee 21-12, 21-14.

Germany's top shuttler Juliane Schenk built on an impressive winning start against Japan Sunday to chalk her second singles victory, this time against Russia's Ella Diehl, 21-16, 21-13.

But Schenk, who won Germany's only rubber in their defeat by Japan, was again let down by her team-mates, with Karin Schnaase and Fabienne Deprez both failing to capitalise on her success as Germany crashed out 4-1.

Results

Thomas Cup

Indonesia bt India 4-1 (Taufik

Hidayat (INA) bt Kashyap Parupalli (IND) 14-21, 21-19, 21-18; Arvind Bhatt (IND) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA) 19-21, 21-9 21-0 - Kuncoro retired; Simon Santoso (INA) bt Anup Sridhar (IND) 21-8, 21-17; Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (INA) bt Sanave Thomas/Akshay Dewalkar (IND) 21-11, 21-13; Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) bt Rupesh Kumar/Diju Viliyaveetil (IND) 14-21, 21-13).

South Korea bt Peru 5-0 (Shon Wan Ho bt Andres Corpancho 21-9, 21-15; Hong Ji Hoon bt Bruno Monteverde 21-13, 21-13; Lee Hyun Il bt Rodrigo Pachecho 21-8, 21-5; Yoo Yeon Seong/Cho Gun Woo bt Antonio De Vinatea/Martin Del Valle 21-14, 21-10; Shin Baek Cheol/Kim Ki Jung bt Mario Cuba/Andres Corpancho 21-11, 21-14).

Germany bt Poland 5-0 (Marc Zwiebler bt Przemyslaw Wacha 21-15, 26-24; Marcel Reuter Hubert Paczek 16-21, 21-19, 21-18; Dieter Domke bt Michal Rogalski 21-8, 21-17; Ingo Kinderwater/Michael Fuchs bt Adam Cwalina/Michal Logosz 21-16, 21-16, 21-19; Kristof Hopp/Johannes Schoettler bt Lukasz Moren/Przemyslaw Wacha 18-21, 21-17, 21-18).

Japan bt Nigeria 5-0 (Kenichi Tago bt Fagbemi Olaoluwa 21-10, 21-14; Sho Sasaki bt Ifraimu Jinkam 21-4, 21-14; Shoji Sato (JPN) bt Abah Eneojo 21-9, 21-11; Kenichi Hayakawa/Kenta Kazuno bt Adamu Ibrahim/Edicha Ocholi 21-5, 21-13; Noriyasu Hirata/Hirokatsu Hashimoto bt Fagbemi Olaoluwa/Ifraimu Jinkam 21-4, 21-13).Uber Cup

Denmark bt Australia 3-2 (Camilla Sorensen (DEN) bt Erica Pong (AUS) 21-15, 21-6; Renuga Veeran (AUS) bt Karina Jorgensen (DEN) 22-20, 21-13; Huang Chia Chi (AUS) bt Mette Poulsen (DEN) 21-11, 21-5; Kamilla Rytter Juhl/Christinna Pedersen (DEN) bt Kate Wilson Smith/Renuga Veeran (AUS) 21-12, 21-19; Lena Frier Kristiansen/Marie Ropke (DEN) bt Tang He Tian/Huang Chia Chi (AUS) 21-13, 21-16).

Russia bt Germany 4-1 (Juliane Schenk (GER) bt Ella Diehl (RUS) 21-16, 21-13; Tatjani Bibik (RUS) bt Karin Schnaase (GER) 21-18, 21-12; Anastasia Prokopenko (RUS) bt Fabienne Deprez (GER) 22-20, 17-21, 21-19; Valeria Sorokina/Nina Vislova (RUS) bt Birgit Overzier/Juliane Schenk (GER) 21-17, 21-11; Ella Diehl/Anastasia Russkikh (RUS) bt Carla Nelte/Johanna Goliszewski (GER) 21-12, 21-17).

Malaysia bt USA 5-0 (Wong Mew Choo bt Rena Wang 21-7, 21-10; Tee Jing Yee bt Eva Lee 21-12, 21-14; Sonia Cheah Su Ya bt Cee Nantana Ketpura 21-16, 16-21, 21-9; Wong Pei Tty/Eei Hui Chin bt Priscilla Lun/Chen Keui-Ya 21-9, 21-8; Woon Khee Wei/Ng Hui Ling bt Eva Lee/Mesinee Mangkalakiri 21-17, 22-24, 21-14).

India bt South Africa 5-0 (Saina Nehwal bt Kerry-Lee Harrington 21-8, 21-8; Adit Muttatkar bt Stacey Doubell 21-5, 21-6; Trupti Murgunde bt Jade Morgan 21-10, 21-9; Shruti Kurian/Aparna Balan bt Stacey Doubell/Kerry-Lee Harrington 21-13, 21-10; Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa bt Michelle Edwards/Jade Morgan 21-8, 21-12).—AFP