Pearly-Thinaah smashes South Korean pair to march into Olympic semis

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, So Yeong-Hee Yong won bronze after seeing off compatriots Lee So Hee-Shing Seung Chan in the medal decider.

Tan-M Thinaah have created history by being the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair to advance to the semi-finals in the Olympics, after eliminating the previous edition bronze medalists Kim So Yeong-Kong Hee Yong of South Korea.

After starting the second set 2-4 down, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games champions rallied to confirm their semi-final slot with their first win over the Koreans in two meetings. Qing Chen-Yi Fan, who are the silver medalists of Tokyo 2020 edition, eliminated Bulgaria’s Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva 21-15, 21-8 in another quarter-final action.

“In the next match, we have nothing to lose, from the round robin until now, we are giving our best in every match and I think we have no regrets. For the next match, as usual we don’t want to leave with any regrets and just enjoy every point,“ said Pearly.

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