Sleepless night turns joyful day, say Pearly-Thinaah


Sheer joy: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah celebrate after reaching the semi-finals at the Olympic Games.

PETALING JAYA: National women doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah found it hard to sleep on the eve of the quarter-finals match against South Koreans Kim So-young-Kong Hee-yong.

They were restless and nervous but they put it all aside on Thursday to superbly beat the world No. 10 pair 21-12, 21-13 in 39 minutes in the quarter-finals at the Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle.

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