KUALA LUMPUR - It wasn't a season-opener that the country's top women's doubles pair Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah were hoping for after they suffered a surprise first-round defeat to Bulgarian sisters Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva in front of a stunned home crowd in the Malaysia Open 2023 at the Axiata Arena today.
The world number six pair crashed out of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament in straight sets 19-21,14-21 to world number 16 pair Gabriela-Stefani, in a match in which the Commonwealth Games champions never looked to be on the front foot, to the dismay of the home crowd.
"Not a good match for us, and we didn't play well at all. Of course, our opponents played very well today, they controlled the shuttle well. They really pressured us in the second set with aggressive attacks, while we didn't do our part well," said Pearly. Thinaah on the other hand wants to move forward and remained determined to come back stronger in the India Open next week. -BERNAMA
Results (UPDATED) - Men - Singles: Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) bt Srikanth Kidambi (IND) 21-19, 21-14; LIEW DAREN (MAS) Bt Toma Junior Popov (FRA) 21-15, 14-21, 21-17;[5] Jonatan Christie (INA) bt Wang Tzu Wei (TPE) 21-19, 21-13; [6] Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA) bt Ng Ka Long Angus (HKG) 17-21, 21-18, 21-12; Anders Antonsen (DEN) bt Weng Hong Yang (CHN) 8-21, 22-10, 21-19.
Doubles: Kang Min Hyuk- Seo Seung Jae (KOR) bt Krishna Prasad Garaga-Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala (IND) 21-10, 21-18; Pradmudya Kusumawardana-Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan (INA) bt Ko Sung Hyun-Shin Baek Cheol (KOR) 21-12, 21-17; [8] ONG YEW SIN-TEO EE YI (MAS) bt Ren Xiang Yu-Tan Qiang (CHN) 21-13, 20-22, 21-15; Ruben Jille-Ties Van Der Lecq (NLD) bt Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Seidel (GER) 21-19, 21-7; Lu Chiang Yao-Yang Po Han (TPE) bt Alexander Dunn-Adam Hall (SCO) 21-14, 21-11.
Women - Singles: Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA) bt He Bing Jiao 21-11, 21-17; Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) bt Clara Azurmendi (ESP) 21-10, 21-10; Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA) bt Kirsty Gilmour (SCO) 21-17, 21-8; Wen Chi Hsu (TPE) bt Aakarshi Kashyap (IND) 21-10, 21-8; Han Yue (CHN) bt Saina Nehwal (IND) 21-12, 17-21, 21-12.
Doubles: Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan (CHN) bt Debora Jille-Cheryl Seinen (NED) 21-11, 21-14; Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma- Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi (INA) bt Margot Lambert-Anne Tran (FRA) 21-16, 21-15[1] Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) br Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN) 17-21, 21-13, 21-15;Aya Ohori (JPN) bt Sim Yu Jin (KOR) 21-9, 14-21, 21-14; Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (INA) bt Lee Chia Hsin-Teng Chun Hsun (TPE) 21-16, 21-15; Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva (BUL) bt [8] PEARLY TAN-M.THINAAH (MAS) 21-19, 21-14; [3] Kim So Yeong-Kong Hee Yong (KOR) bt Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi (JPN) 21-15, 16-21, 21-15; Tressa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (IND) bt Yeung Nga Ting-Yeung Pui Lam (HKG) 21-19, 21-14; Benyapa Aimsaard-Nuntakarn Aimsaard (THA) bt Linda Efler-Isabel Lohau (GER) 21-16, 21-15.
Mixed Doubles: Wang Yi Lyu-Huang Dong Ping (CHN) bt Mark Lamsfuss-Isabel Lohau 21-17, 23-21; Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (HKG) bt Adam Hall-Julie Macpherson (SCO) 21-18, 19-21, 21-19; Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong (CHN) bt Yang Po Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang (TPE) 21-8, 21-14; Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje (DEN) bt Kim Won Ho-Jeong Na Eun (KOR) 22-20, 21-19; Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (INA) bt Robin Tabeling-Selena Piek (NED) 21-16, 21-14; HOO PANG ROO- TEOH MEI XING (MAS) bt Kyohei Yamashita-Naru Shinoya (JPN) 21-11, 15-21, 21-19; [8] Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (FRA) bt Rinov Rivaldy-Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (INA) 21-18, 21-18; GOH SOON HUAT-LAI SHEVON JEMIE (MAS) bt Chang Ko Chi-Lee Chic Chen (TPE) 21-15, 21-13
The world number six pair crashed out of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament in straight sets 19-21,14-21 to world number 16 pair Gabriela-Stefani, in a match in which the Commonwealth Games champions never looked to be on the front foot, to the dismay of the home crowd.
"Not a good match for us, and we didn't play well at all. Of course, our opponents played very well today, they controlled the shuttle well. They really pressured us in the second set with aggressive attacks, while we didn't do our part well," said Pearly. Thinaah on the other hand wants to move forward and remained determined to come back stronger in the India Open next week. -BERNAMA
Results (UPDATED) - Men - Singles: Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) bt Srikanth Kidambi (IND) 21-19, 21-14; LIEW DAREN (MAS) Bt Toma Junior Popov (FRA) 21-15, 14-21, 21-17;[5] Jonatan Christie (INA) bt Wang Tzu Wei (TPE) 21-19, 21-13; [6] Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA) bt Ng Ka Long Angus (HKG) 17-21, 21-18, 21-12; Anders Antonsen (DEN) bt Weng Hong Yang (CHN) 8-21, 22-10, 21-19.
Doubles: Kang Min Hyuk- Seo Seung Jae (KOR) bt Krishna Prasad Garaga-Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala (IND) 21-10, 21-18; Pradmudya Kusumawardana-Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan (INA) bt Ko Sung Hyun-Shin Baek Cheol (KOR) 21-12, 21-17; [8] ONG YEW SIN-TEO EE YI (MAS) bt Ren Xiang Yu-Tan Qiang (CHN) 21-13, 20-22, 21-15; Ruben Jille-Ties Van Der Lecq (NLD) bt Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Seidel (GER) 21-19, 21-7; Lu Chiang Yao-Yang Po Han (TPE) bt Alexander Dunn-Adam Hall (SCO) 21-14, 21-11.
Women - Singles: Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA) bt He Bing Jiao 21-11, 21-17; Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) bt Clara Azurmendi (ESP) 21-10, 21-10; Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA) bt Kirsty Gilmour (SCO) 21-17, 21-8; Wen Chi Hsu (TPE) bt Aakarshi Kashyap (IND) 21-10, 21-8; Han Yue (CHN) bt Saina Nehwal (IND) 21-12, 17-21, 21-12.
Doubles: Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan (CHN) bt Debora Jille-Cheryl Seinen (NED) 21-11, 21-14; Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma- Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi (INA) bt Margot Lambert-Anne Tran (FRA) 21-16, 21-15[1] Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) br Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN) 17-21, 21-13, 21-15;Aya Ohori (JPN) bt Sim Yu Jin (KOR) 21-9, 14-21, 21-14; Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (INA) bt Lee Chia Hsin-Teng Chun Hsun (TPE) 21-16, 21-15; Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva (BUL) bt [8] PEARLY TAN-M.THINAAH (MAS) 21-19, 21-14; [3] Kim So Yeong-Kong Hee Yong (KOR) bt Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi (JPN) 21-15, 16-21, 21-15; Tressa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (IND) bt Yeung Nga Ting-Yeung Pui Lam (HKG) 21-19, 21-14; Benyapa Aimsaard-Nuntakarn Aimsaard (THA) bt Linda Efler-Isabel Lohau (GER) 21-16, 21-15.
Mixed Doubles: Wang Yi Lyu-Huang Dong Ping (CHN) bt Mark Lamsfuss-Isabel Lohau 21-17, 23-21; Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (HKG) bt Adam Hall-Julie Macpherson (SCO) 21-18, 19-21, 21-19; Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong (CHN) bt Yang Po Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang (TPE) 21-8, 21-14; Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje (DEN) bt Kim Won Ho-Jeong Na Eun (KOR) 22-20, 21-19; Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (INA) bt Robin Tabeling-Selena Piek (NED) 21-16, 21-14; HOO PANG ROO- TEOH MEI XING (MAS) bt Kyohei Yamashita-Naru Shinoya (JPN) 21-11, 15-21, 21-19; [8] Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (FRA) bt Rinov Rivaldy-Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (INA) 21-18, 21-18; GOH SOON HUAT-LAI SHEVON JEMIE (MAS) bt Chang Ko Chi-Lee Chic Chen (TPE) 21-15, 21-13