Pearly hurts elbow while retrieving shot and concedes match

PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi confidently smashed into the second round but an elbow injury to Pearly Tan has raised concerns as she and M. Thinaah retired from their women’s doubles first-round match at the Singapore Open yesterday.

Pearly-Thinaah, who finished runners-up at the Malaysian Masters two weeks ago, were expected to continue their gallant run but misfortune struck when they were at the 11th point in the first game when Pearly dived to retrieve a shot from Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi of Japan.