KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) -- National women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah’s campaign in the All England Badminton Championships came to an end in the semi-finals after losing to South Korea’s Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee tonight.
The world number two Malaysians went down 17-21, 18-21 in 68 minutes at the Utilita Arena Birmingham.
Pearly-Thinaah began the first game by taking a 2-0 lead, but the world number four South Koreans slowly but surely found their touch to pull ahead at 11-9.
Although Pearly-Thinaah tried to narrow the gap, Ha Na-So Hee managed to seal a 21-17 first-game win.
In the second game, Pearly-Thinaah switched to a more aggressive game to lead 10-7, but the Koreans bounced back to win 21-18 to march into the final.
This is the Malaysian pair’s fourth defeat to the South Koreans in seven encounters since 2022.
Malaysia still have one more pair in the semi-final, with Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik set to take on China’s Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi in men’s doubles later.
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