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National badminton athletes and women’s doubles players Pearly Tan (left) and M. Thinaah (right) in action during their match against Bulgarian players Gabriela Stoeva dan Stefani Stoeva, at the 2023 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships in Axiata Arena Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, on January 10, 2023. — Picture by BERNAMA

Pearly-Thinaah off to winning start in Indonesia Masters

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Top national women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah got their Indonesia Masters campaign off to a cracking start went they defeated Singapore’s Jin Yujia-Crystal Wong Jia Ying 21-8, 21-13 at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta today.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallists, who needed just 27 minutes to dispose of the Singaporeans, will face either compatriots Vivian Hoo-Lim Chiew Sien or Taiwan’s Lee Chia Hsin-Teng Chun Hsun in the second round.

National men’s doubles shuttlers Tan Kian Meng-Tan Wee Kiong also moved into the second round when they downed India’s Krishna Prasad Garaga-Visnuvardhan Goud Panjala 21-17, 21-9 today.

The world number 40 Malaysians will be up against Keiichiro Matsui-Yoshinori Takeuchi in the second round after the Japanese pair defeated South Koreans Choi Sol Gyu-Shin Baek Cheol 18-21, 21-16, 21-18 in the other first-round match.

Meanwhile, Malaysian doubles pair Boon Xin Yuan-Wong Tien Ci defeated Canadians Dong Adam-Nyl Yakura 21-15, 21-19 in the qualifying round to set up a first-round clash against world champions and compatriots Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik.

In men’s singles, national player Cheam June Wei also aced his qualifying round matches when he disposed of Japan’s Koki Watanabe 21-19, 7-21, 21-17 and India’s B. Sai Praneeth 21-18, 21-19 to set up a first-round date with Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Ling tomorrow. 

— Bernama

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