Pearly-Thinaah cruise into 2nd round of China Open
PETALING JAYA : Malaysia's top women's doubles pair, Pearly Tan-M Thinaah, cruised into the second round of the China Open after easily seeing off compatriots Ong Xin Yi-Carmen Ting in straight games tonight.
Pearly-Thinaah took just 24 minutes to defeat their teenage rivals 21-8, 21-12, Utusan Malaysia reported.
They will face Japan's Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara in the next round.
Also progressing to the second round were world 22 pair Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing, who swept aside Poland's Paulina Hankiewicz-Kornelia Marczak 21-5, 21-6 in 22 minutes.
Pei Kee-Mei Xing will face much tougher opponents when they meet world No 8 pair Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi of Japan next.
Men's doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun also progressed by defeating fellow Malaysians Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Junaidi 21-17, 21-16.
They will face another Malaysian pair, Nur Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong, which guarantees Malaysia a spot in the quarter-finals.
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