KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- National women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah ended Malaysia’s 18-year wait for a place in the Denmark Open final after defeating China’s Bao Li Jing-Cao Zi Han in the semi-finals today.
The second seeds delivered a convincing performance at the SJF Bank Arena in Odense, winning 21-16, 21-14 in 37 minutes.
Their victory matched Malaysia’s best achievement in the women’s doubles event, following Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui’s title win in 2008.
Pearly-Thinaah will face the winners of the other semi-final between Japanese pairs Hinata Suzuki-Nao Yamakita and Sumire Nakade-Miyu Takahashi in tomorrow’s final.
Meanwhile, national mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing missed out on a place in the final after losing 13-21, 13-21 to China’s Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping.
Earlier, men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik became Malaysia’s first representatives to reach the final after defeating South Korea’s world number one pair Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae, 21-14, 21-18, in 38 minutes.
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