Lack of patience cost Pearly-Thinaah dear


PETALING JAYA: National women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah were left to rue their lack of patience after bowing out of the semi-finals in the Indonesian Masters.

World No. 6 Pearly-Thinaah squandered a 11-5 lead in the second game against Japan’s three-time World Championships silver medallists Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota, to lose 14-21, 19-21 at Istora Senayan in Jakarta yesterday.

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