Badminton News: Women’s doubles duo Pearly Tan/M Thinaah made a timely return to the Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China, bringing a smile back to Director of Coaching Rexy Mainaky.

The pair of world No. 10s have won all of their matches, losing just one game in the process, as they helped Malaysia finish the Sudirman Cup qualifiers in style top of Group C, also known as Group C. the death.

Prior to this week, Pearly/Thinaah were under intense scrutiny for failing to qualify in the early rounds of the All England and Swiss Open in March.

But the French Open and Commonwealth Games champions appeared to have found their winning touch as they beat All England semi-finalists Gayatri Gopichand Pullela-Treesa Jolly and Hsu Ya Ching-Teng Chun Hsun in 5-0 wins and 4-1 from their team against India and India respectively. Taiwan.

Even if this victory comes from an uncertain situation, Rexy Mainaky believes he trusted them very well.

“It’s a positive result for Pearly-Thinaah considering their recent fights on the World Tour and after missing the Asian Championships (because Pearly had the flu),” Rexy said.

“It’s great to see them win against a good pair from India and Taiwan, and I think they can only improve for the knockout stage.”

“The road will definitely be tougher than the quarter-finals, but Pearly and Thinaah are in good shape to take on anyone,” he said.

Pearly/Thinaah will have a big role to play in the knockout rounds if Malaysia are to replicate their semi-final clash in Finland two years ago or go one step further by reaching their first final at a world mixed team event.

Malaysia will start the quarter-finals on Friday (19/5) against the strong Danish team.

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