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Malay Mail
a day ago
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Career high: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah hit world No. 2 in BWF rankings, best Malaysian women's pair in 16 years
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — National top women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah have risen to a career-high world number two in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released today. Pearly-Thinaah climbed one spot with 89,416 points, trailing only China's Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning, who remain in the top position with 111,634 points. Former national women's doubles pair, Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty were the last Malaysian pair to reach this high, back in 2009. Meanwhile, another national pair, Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing, broke into the top 20, moving up two spots to rank 20th with 45,090 points. In men's doubles, China Open 2025 runners-up Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik maintained their second-place ranking with 94,950 points, behind Japan Open 2025 champions Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae of South Korea with 99,405 points. Former world number one and professional pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani dropped one spot to fourth with 80,980 points. In mixed doubles, national duo Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei returned to the top three with 85,013 points, climbed one spot from fourth. Independent pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie dropped two spots to eighth place with 72,998 points, while national pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin slipped to 16th from 13th with 52,363 points. In the men's singles, Leong Jun Hao is currently Malaysia's top-ranked player, climbing two spots to 24th with 46,551 points while professional shuttler Lee Zii Jia, sidelined by injury since March, fell two spots to 35th with 38,890 points. In the women's singles category, national shuttler K. Letshanaa rose one place to 41st with 32,918 points, while professional player Goh Jin Wei dropped two places to 47th with 30,165 points. — Bernama
Malay Mail
4 days ago
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Pearly Tan-Thinaah fall short in China Open semis against home favourites Jia Yi Fan-Zhang Shu Xian
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — National women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah fell short of reaching the final of the 2025 China Open Badminton Championship after losing to home duo Jia Yi Fan-Zhang Shu Xian in the semi-finals today. In the match held at the Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, world number three Pearly-Thinaah went down 14-21, 17-21 in 38 minutes, extending their head-to-head record against the Chinese pair to 1-4 from five encounters. So far this season, Pearly and Thinaah have secured only one title — the 2025 Thailand Open, which they won in May. Yi Fan-Shu Xian will next face either compatriots Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning or South Korean duo Kim Hye Jeong-Kong Hee Yong in the final tomorrow. — Bernama
Malay Mail
4 days ago
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Pearly Tan-Thinaah fall short in China Open semis against home favourites
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — National women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah fell short of reaching the final of the 2025 China Open Badminton Championship after losing to home duo Jia Yi Fan-Zhang Shu Xian in the semi-finals today. In the match held at the Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, world number three Pearly-Thinaah went down 14-21, 17-21 in 38 minutes, extending their head-to-head record against the Chinese pair to 1-4 from five encounters. So far this season, Pearly and Thinaah have secured only one title — the 2025 Thailand Open, which they won in May. Yi Fan-Shu Xian will next face either compatriots Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning or South Korean duo Kim Hye Jeong-Kong Hee Yong in the final tomorrow. — Bernama
Free Malaysia Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- Free Malaysia Today
Pearly-Thinaah move into China Open quarter-finals
Pearly Tan-M Thinaah were the runners-up at last week's Japan Open. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA : Malaysia's world No 3 women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah booked a quarter-final berth at the China Open but not before being made to work hard by the 99th ranked Japanese pair Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara. The more experienced Malaysian pair had to bring out their best before winning 21-17, 21-13 in their second round match at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium in Changzhou. Pearly-Thinaah took 38 minutes to overcome the Japanese pair who were only playing together for the fourth time in BWF World Tour championships. The Japanese pair met the Malaysians in the Thailand Open semi-finals for the first time in May and lost in straight games. Pearly-Thinaah will play the winners of the match between Indonesia's Fabriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi and Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto from Japan. No Malaysian women's doubles pair have ever made it to the China Open finals.
New Straits Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Pearly-Thinaah's China Open run moves them closer to world No. 2
KUALA LUMPUR: Tired legs and a strong draught at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium did little to stop women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah from inching closer to a career-high world No. 2 ranking, as they booked their spot in the China Open quarter-finals on Thursday.. World No. 3 Pearly-Thinaah had to dig deep to overcome Japan's world No. 99 Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara 21-17, 21-13 in a 37-minute second-round clash in Changzhou. The Malaysians will officially leapfrog Japan's Chiharu Shida-Nami Matsuyama for the No. 2 spot next week if they reach the semi-finals. Thinaah admitted they weren't at their best following a physically demanding campaign at the Japan Open last week. "Last week definitely affected us physically, but we're trying to keep our confidence level high," said Thinaah. "The draught was strong today, so we needed to come up with the right strategy to deal with it. "We weren't too comfortable against the strong Hirokami-Hobara pair, but we managed to calm ourselves down and take control of the rallies. We're hoping for better momentum tomorrow (Friday)." Pearly, after improving their head-to-head record to 3-0 against the Japanese duo, is now looking to step up in a tough last-eight clash against either Japan's world No. 9 Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto or Indonesia's world No. 10 Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi on Friday. "Our movement was quite slow today, but we hope to perform better in the quarter-finals," said Pearly. Shida-Matsuyama (88,832 points) missed the chance to consolidate second place after crashing out in the first round in Changzhou. Pearly-Thinaah, meanwhile, are set to collect enough points to overtake their Japanese rivals and move just behind runaway world No. 1s Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning of China — if they make the semi-finals. Pearly-Thinaah have already achieved their best result at the China Open by reaching the quarter-finals, and the prospect of a new career-high ranking will give them added motivation to go all out on Friday.
