Pearly-Thinaah turn tables on Taiwanese pair to book place in last eight


Sole survivors: Pearly Tan Koong Le and M. Thinaah will take on third seeds Ekaterina Bolotova-Alina Davletova of Russia for a place in the semi-finals of the Dutch Open.

PETALING JAYA: Pearly Tan Koong Le-M. Thinaah’s partnership continues to flourish when they reached their first World Tour quarter-finals at the Dutch Open.

The world No. 106 upset Taiwan’s world No. 67 Cheng Chi-ya-Lee Chih-chen 17-21,21-13,21-13 at the Topsportcentrum Almere on Thursday.

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