Pearly-Thinaah’s All England Journey Ends In Semis

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.