Pearly-Thinaah storm into Asian Games quarter-finals in 29 minutes
AICHI: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah are just one step away from guaranteeing at least a bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after booking their spot in the quarter-finals today.
AICHI: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah are on the brink of securing a bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after securing their place in the quarter-finals. The world No. 5 won their second-round match against Thailand's Napapakorn Tungkasatan-Hathaithip Mijad in just 29 minutes at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium. Pearly-Thinaah will now face either Japan's Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto or India's Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly in the quarter-finals.
A semi-final appearance would guarantee the Malaysian pair a bronze medal. The last time Malaysia claimed a medal in the women's doubles event was in 2014 when Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei won bronze in Incheon. Pearly-Thinaah had previously been eliminated in the quarter-finals four years ago at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
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