Pearly-Thinaah Beat World Number Two Pair To Advance To Korean Open Finals


KUALA LUMPUR, National women’s badminton doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah booked their spot in the 2024 Korean Open finals after beating top seeds Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee at the Mokpo Indoor Stadium in Seoul, Korea today.

The Malaysians took 42 minutes to beat the home pair 21-18, 21-13 in their semi-final match today and will face another South Korean pair, Jeong Na Eun-Kim Hye Jeong in the final tomorrow after they beat their compatriots Lim Yu Lim-Shin Seung Chan 21-14, 21-11 in the other semi-final match.

Fourth seeded Pearly-Thinaah will have a chance to win their first Super 500 title this season after crashing out of the quarter-finals of the Japan Open last week.

National mixed doubles pair hen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei also qualified for the final of their event after beating Chinese pair 22-20, 21-19 in their semi-final match.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

  • malaysiang

    Related Posts

    SUKIPT 2024: Umar Osman Breaks 12-year Men’s 400m Record En Route To Gold

    ALOR SETAR, Young national athlete Umar Osman set a new record in the men’s 400 metres en route to the gold medal at the 2024 Higher Education Institutions Games (SUKIPT) held at the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Stadium in Sintok yesterday.

    The 2…

    Hong Kong Open: Pearly-Thinaah Cruise Into Quarters, Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Fall Short

    KUALA LUMPUR, Top national women’s badminton doubles pair, Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah cruised into the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open 2024 with a commanding performance against local contenders Lui Lok Lok and Tsang Hiu Yan in Kowloon today.

    In…