Pearly-Thinaah growing in confidence after taking Chinese to the limit in final


PETALING JAYA: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah may have walked away from Paris without the world crown, but they left with renewed belief.

The Malaysian pair could not cap their fairytale run at the World Championships with the ultimate prize, but they went down fighting in a thrilling 14-21, 22-20, 17-21 battle against China’s world No. 1 Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning at the Adidas Arena in Paris yesterday.

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