KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — A pall of gloom descended on the Malaysian badminton camp at the ongoing Indonesia Masters when prime women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah crashed out in the semi-finals right now.
The globe quantity six Malaysians experienced a next straight semi-remaining heartbreak when they misplaced 14-21, 19-21 to Japan’s environment amount 11 duo of Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota just after a 51-minute struggle at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta.
Whilst the a few-time World Championships silver medallists controlled the initially activity, Pearly-Thinaah did effectively to direct for the most aspect of the next video game until finally 15-15 but failed to acquire the match into a rubber activity.
In tomorrow’s last, Fukushima-Hirota will just take on the unseeded Liu Sheng Shu-Zhang Shu Xian right after the China pair stunned Thailand’s fourth-seeded Jongkolphan Kititharakul-Rawinda Prajongjai 21-11, 21-9 in the other semi-last.
The sixth-seeded Pearly-Thinaah had before downed China’s Li Wen Mei-Liu Xuan Xuan 21-10, 21-12 in the quarter-finals.
Pearly-Thinaah, the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Online games gold medallists, have nevertheless to acquire a title considering the fact that their 2022 French Open up good results last Oct, obtaining experienced a similar semi-remaining exit in last weekend’s India Open up when they misplaced to Japan’s world selection two pair of Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida.
Pearly-Thinaah ended up the country’s sole survivors in the Tremendous 500 Indonesia Masters match following men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, runners-up in last week’s India Open, and mixed doubles pair Goh Shortly Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie crashed out in the quarter-finals yesterday. — Bernama
