Chin up: Women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah are being consoled by coach Rexy Mainaky after their defeat to Japan’s world No. 4 Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida.
REXY Mainaky has nothing but pride in the women’s doubles shuttlers, although their historic run in the Paris Olympics ended with defeat in the bronze medal playoff match.
Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah defied the odds to become the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair to make it to the semi-finals in the Olympics before going down fighting 12-21, 21-18, 15-21 to China’s eventual gold medallists Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan.
