All the way now: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah playing against Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Ramadhanti. Inset: Vivian Hoo. — AP
VIVIAN Hoo remembers the joy she felt when she and partner Woon Khe Wei became the first Malaysian women’s doubles shuttlers to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
However, their dream of glory was dashed by Japan’s eventual gold medallists Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi, but not before a tough three-game battle.
