PETALING JAYA: National women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah crashed out in the China Open after losing in the quarter-finals on Friday (July 24).
World No. 5 Pearly-Thinaah lost 16-21, 16-21 in 46 minutes to world No. 3 Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto of Japan in Changzhou.
Fukushima-Matsumoto have now tied their head-to-head with five wins each.
With Pearly-Thinaah's defeat, Malaysia's challenge is over in the Super 1000 tournament.
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
Men’s singles: Chou Tien-chen (Tpe) bt Shi Yuqi (Chn) 21-14, 12-21, 21-15; Lin Chun-yi (Tpe) bt Weng Hongyang (Chn) 27-25, 21-14; Victor Lai (Can) bt Jonatan Christie (Ina) 21-14, 21-17; Toma Junior Popov (Fra) bt Nhat Nguyen (Ire) 12-21, 21-10, 21-15.
Men’s doubles: Ben Lane-Sean Vendy (Eng) bt Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi (Jpn) 21-9, 18-21, 21-17; Liang Wengkang-Wang Chang (Chn) bt Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard (Den) 21-11, 22-20.
Women’s singles: Wang Zhiyi (Chn) bt Kim Ga-eun (Kor) 21-18, 21-14; Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Han Yue (Chn) 21-16, 14-21, 21-17; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) 15-21, 21-12, 21-13; Tomoka Miyazaki (Jpn) bt Putri Wardani (Ina) 16-21, 21-11, 21-9.
Women’s doubles: Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto (Jpn) bt Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (Mas) 21-16, 21-16; Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning (Chn) bt Benyapa Aimsaard-Nuntakarn Aimsaard (Tha) 21-9, 21-8; Baek Ha-na-Lee So-hee (Kor) bt Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi (Jpn) 21-8, 26-24.
Mixed doubles: Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Supissara Paewsampran (Tha) bt Yuta Watanabe-Maya Taguchi (Jpn) 21-11, 19-21, 21-19; Guo Xinwa-Chen Fanghui (Chn) bt Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin (Chn) 14-21, 21-18, 21-18; Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping (Chn) bt Yang Po-hsuan-Hu Ling-fang (Tpe) 21-15, 21-11; Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (Fra) bt Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje (Den) 24-22, 21-16.
