PETALING JAYA: Women doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah were jumping for joy after capturing the Arctic Open title for the first time.
Pearly-Thinaah did it in style by sweeping aside Japan's world No. 6 Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi 21-7, 21-9 in a surprisingly one-sided final in Finland on Sunday (Oct 12).
The world No. 2 pair superbly made amends after losing to China's world No. 1 Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning in last year's final.
It was Pearly-Thinaah's second title of the year after winning the Thailand Open in May.
It has been a great year so far for the duo. They also reached the final of the Japan Open, Indonesian Open, Indonesian Masters and became the first women pair to reach the final of the World Championships in Paris in August.
