It is the first time for Chinese Taipei to enter the semi-finals in the world women's team event. In the other match, the Uber cup debutants German women also for the first time to clinch a semi-final berth, who stunned the favorites Hong Kong, China 3-2.

    "We like the 21 rally points system, we are benefiting from the new system," said Chien Yu-chin, who was the key to the match.

    Chien won the second singles and sealed the match point in the decider of match by beating South Korean's world number three pair Lee Kyung Won and Lee Hyo Jung 2-1 in the first doubles, paired with Cheng Wen-Hsing.

    The new scoring system was seen as the key point to these upsets. International Badminton Federation (IBF) put the system to try out from the very beginning of the February this year, and will be decided "to be or not to be" by voting at the end of week on the IBF Annual meeting in Tokyo. The trying out system was seen to boast the weaker teams while weaken the stronger teams. Enditem