Pearly-Thinaah come through 211 shots in one serve to advance

Well-deserved victory: Pearly Tan (right) and M. Thinaah celebrating after beating Japan’s Rena Miyaura-Ayako Sakuramoto in the second round. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

“WINNING the rally felt like winning the match.”

That was how M. Thinaah described her feelings after she and her partner, Pearly Tan, survived the longest rally of 211 shots when they were leading 16-14 in the rubber-game against Japan’s Rena Miyaura-Ayako Sakuramoto in the second-round match at the Malaysian Masters.