PETALING JAYA: Paris rolls back good memories for women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (pic). And national coach Hoon Thien How wants the duo to draw inspiration from their past performances in the 2022 French Open to give a creditable showing in this year’s edition starting tomorrow. “They played superbly to win, I hope they will remember...
SHAH ALAM: Overseas training stints is not the answer to the problem faced by struggling women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah. Instead, national coaching director Rexy Mainaky believes that Pearly-Thinaah should continue with their current training programme at the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM). The world No. 14 pair have come under fire recently for their disappointing performances...
PETALING JAYA: National director of coaching Rexy Mainaky has brought in two former Indonesian international shuttlers to spar with top women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah. Ade Yusuf, who was ranked world No. 16 with Wahyu Nayaka in 2015 in the men’s doubles, and Gerardo Rizqullah Hafidz, also a former Indonesian men’s doubles player, have started...
PETALING JAYA: Managing shuttler Pearly Tan’s physical condition and tournament schedule will be women’s doubles coach Hoon Thien How’s main priority leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Pearly faces a defining year along with M. Thinaah as the pair seek to qualify for their maiden Olympics. Thien How believes that the national No. 1 pair need...
PETALING JAYA: National coaching director Rexy Mainaky has played down the lack of communication between women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah in the China Masters. Something seemed amiss between Pearly and Thinaah in their first-round match against South Korea’s Jeong Na-eun-Kim Hye-jeong where the duo barely spoke to each other. Pearly-Thinaah went on to lose narrowly 11-21,...
PETALING JAYA: Former shuttler Goh Liu Ying believes that a tweak in Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah’s training schedules can aid the pair’s push to qualify for the women’s doubles competition in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Pearly-Thinaah had dropped to No. 13 in the world rankings after they were forced to miss several tournaments this year due to...
PETALING JAYA: Misfortune struck women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah but Ng Tze Yong made it a memorable run to reach the men’s singles quarter-finals in the Arctic Open. Pearly-Thinaah’s European trip is over as they will not compete in the Denmark Open from Oct 12-17 and French Open from Oct 24-29 after the former aggravated...
SHUTTLERS Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah have to improve on their strength and stamina to consistently match the world’s top pairs in the women’s doubles. This was national coaching director Rexy Mainaky’s assessment after the duo went down 21-15, 11-21, 7-21 to South Korea’s world No. 2 Baek Ha-na-Lee So-hee in the quarter-finals of the Asian Games in...
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: 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...
