Pearly-Thinaah face gruelling test in expected clash with Japan’s world No. 4 at China Open

Raising their game: Pearly Tan (left) and M. Thinaah in action at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, last month. — AFP

PETALING JAYA: An intriguing clash against Japan’s Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota is on the cards for shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah in the second round of the China Open starting next Tuesday in Changzhou.

The national women’s doubles pair and Fukushima-Hirota should have little trouble overcoming Dutch pair Debora Jille-Cheryl Seinen and Germany’s Linda Efler-Isabel Lohau respectively in the first round to set up a meeting against each other.