Doubles pairs lack maturity and it’s worrying coaches

Far from their best: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah did not get past the quarter-finals in the Singapore Open.

PETALING JAYA: The country’s top doubles shuttlers’ disappointing performances is a worry ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Just a week after failing to live up to expectations in the Malaysian Masters, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (men’s doubles), Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (mixed doubles) and Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (women’s doubles) could not bounce back as all did not make it past the last eight in the Singapore Open.