Smashing Pearly-Thinaah deliver gold to help Malaysia surpass target

Women's doubles players M Thinaah (right) and Pearly Tan in action during the women's doubles final at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games at the NEC Hall on Monday.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia surpassed their six gold medal target in the Commonwealth Games, thanks to a smashing show by women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah.

A pumped up Pearly-Thinaah delivered the seventh gold in style on Monday (August 8) after crushing England's Lauren Smith-Chloe Birch 21-5, 21-8 in the final at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.