PETALING JAYA: Women's doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah pulled off another stunning win over South Korea's world No. 2, Baek Ha-na-Lee So-hee, to make it into back-to-back finals in the Hong Kong Open. Pearly-Thinaah had beaten Ha-na-So-hee in their last meeting in the Korean Open semi-final a fortnight ago and proved that the win was no...
PETALING JAYA: Coping with the sorrow of losing a loved one can be a lengthy journey, but Indonesia’s men singles shuttler Anthony Ginting (pic) is making positive strides towards accepting the loss. In the recently-concluded Hong Kong Open, Anthony bowed out in the semi-finals after a 13-21, 15-21 defeat to Japan’s world No. 15 Kenta Nishimoto...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Pearly Tan can finally afford to smile big. She has come through the Hong Kong Open without any serious injuries and that to her, is a good sign ahead of the Asian Games in Hangzhou from Sept 23-Oct 8 after a difficult few months. “I’m also really happy that I managed to complete all...
PETALING JAYA: National women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah let slip a golden opportunity to capture their first title of the year after going down in the Hong Kong Open final. And the slippery floor at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon did not help them either. Yesterday, world No. 10 Pearly-Thinaah went down 21-14, 22-24, 9-21...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah are out to end their dazzling run in the Hong Kong Open with the title today. World No. 10 Pearly-Thinaah were in their element when they swept aside world No. 11 Thai sisters Benyapa Aimsaard-Nuntakarn Aimsaard 21-13, 21-18 in the last four at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon yesterday. They...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Ng Tze Yong’s fighting spirit can take him a long way. Yesterday, Tze Yong gave Indonesia’s world No. 6 Jonatan Christie a huge scare before going down 19-21, 23-21, 13-21 in a thrilling men’s singles semi-final match at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon. World No. 20 Tze Yong had stunned Jonatan in the...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi suffered a blow ahead of the Asian Games after shockingly going down in the men’s doubles first round of the Hong Kong Open. The world No. 8 lost out 16-21, 23-25 to Japan’s world No. 27 Keiichiro Matsui-Yoshinori Takeuchi at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon yesterday. It was...
