
Pearly-Thinaah were made to slog against Taiwanese duo Hu Ling Fang-Jheng Yu Chie in the first round of the Super 750 tournament before prevailing 21-17, 22-24, 21-11 in 58 minutes.
The unseeded Malaysian duo will face Julie Finne-Ipsen-Mai Surrow tomorrow after the Danish pair trounced Rutaparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda of India 21-8, 21-14.
Meanwhile, the country’s top mixed doubles pair, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei successfully made it to the second round after overcoming Liu Kuang Heng-Jheng Yu Chieh from Taiwan 21-19, 21-14.
The seventh seeded pair will next play Denmark’s Mads Vestergaard-Christine Busch, who got the better of American duo Chen Zhi Yi-Francesca Corbett 25-23, 21-14.
However, professional pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie failed to progress to the next round following a 12-21, 18-21 straight game loss to Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi of China.
Meanwhile, Malaysia are guaranteed a spot in the men’s doubles quarterfinals as both Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun and Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi will face each other in the second round tomorrow.
Wei Chong-Kai Wun eased past Lin Bing-Wei-Su Ching Heng from Taiwan 21-10, 21-7, while Yew Sin-Ee Yi overcame Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard of Denmark 21-14, 21-13.
National men’s singles player Leong Jun Hao also went through to the next stage after triumphing over home shuttler Takuma Obayashi 21-15, 21-17.
The world No 27 will have a tall order to overcome to earn a ticket to the last eight as he will be up against another home player and world No 8 Kodai Naraoka.
Naraoka had earlier staged a determined comeback from a game down to defeat Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu 18-21, 21-9, 21-19.
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