PETALING JAYA:
Pearly Tan-M Thinaah failed to reach the women’s doubles final at the World Tour Finals after losing to Japan’s Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto in the semi-finals today.
The world No 2 pair and top seeds were defeated 19-21, 13-21 in a 61-minute match at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China.
This marked their second defeat to the fifth-ranked Japanese duo in as many days. Pearly-Thinaah had previously lost to Fukushima-Matsumoto in three games during their final group-stage tie yesterday.
Despite the loss, Pearly-Thinaah will take home US$60,000 (RM244,686) in prize money for reaching the semis in the World Tour Super 1000 event.
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