KUALA LUMPUR: The national badminton women’s double Pearly Tan-M Thinaah had made their way to the quarter final after beating Apriyani Rahayu- Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti from Indonesia 21-18, 21-9 at the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, Tuesday.
The Malaysian pair ranked 13th in the world had won over the ninth ranked Indonesians in 45 minutes at Porte de La Chapelle Arena.
The victory had changed Pearly-Thinaah achievement to the winning record of 4-3.
The Indonesian women’s double became their second victim in the last match of Group A.
Meanwhile, the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medallist had created an upset to the Japanese women’s double Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara 18-21,21-15,21-16 on Sunday.
Earlier Pearly-Thinaah had lost to number one world ranking women’s double from China, Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yin Fan 17-21, 20-22.
