S. Korean pair stop Pearly-Thinaah in their tracks


PETALING JAYA: Women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (pic) were not able to end their year on a high after crashing out in the first round of the China Masters.

World No. 12 Pearly-Thinaah went down fighting 11-21, 21-15, 20-22 to South Korea’s world No. 11 Jeong Na-eun-Kim Hye-jeong in a pulsating match at the Shenzhen Bay Gymnasium yesterday.

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