Pearly-Thinaah suffer shock first-round exit at Japan Masters
Aaron-Roy King to face Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin in all-Malaysian second-round clash
AGENCY
KUALA LUMPUR – National women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah suffered a first-round exit from the Japan Masters badminton tournament after losing to Japanese pair Rinina Hiramoto-Chiharu Shida today.
The world number four pair were beaten by their world number 143 opponents in a three-game match lasting just over an hour.
Pearly-Thinaah started strongly by winning the opening game 21-18 but failed to maintain their momentum, losing the next two games 13-21, 14-21.
Meanwhile, two Malaysian men's doubles pairs, Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin, will face each other in the second round after winning their respective matches today.
Aaron-Roy King defeated Japanese pair Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi 21-8, 21-14, while Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin overcame Danish pair Christian Faust Kjaer-Rasmus Kjaer 21-15, 21-16 at Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium.
Another Malaysian men's doubles pair, Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong, had a disappointing outing after losing to Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard 16-21, 21-16, 20-22. –BERNAMA
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