Women's doubles pairs steal the show in Malaysian Masters


KUALA LUMPUR: There was double joy in the women's doubles for Malaysia when national pairs Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah and Anna Cheong-Teoh Mei Xing stunned their higher-ranked Japanese opponents to move into the quarter-finals of the Malaysian Masters on Thursday (July 7).

Pearly-Thinaah defeated world No. 2 Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota 21-14, 21-19 while Anna-Mei Xing upset world No. 6 Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara 21-11, 21-15.

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