Women’s doubles Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah will have to battle for the bronze medal after they suffered a heartbreaking loss to world No. 1 Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan.
In the first set, they were slightly nervous and made a few errors, causing them to lose 12-21. However, it was an entirely different affair during the second set, with Pearly-Thinaah clawing their way to victory with a 21-18 score.
While they tried their best to replicate the same success in the third set, the Chinese pair proved to be too much for them and secured it with a 21-15 score.
Pearly-Thinaah you have shown the world what it means to be true champions. Though today’s outcome wasn’t what we hoped for, we are immensely proud of everything you have achieved. Let's aim for the bronze! 🇲🇾🔥#Paris2024 #Olympics #PearlyTan #ThinaahMuralitharan #PearThin pic.twitter.com/uClGodnNQv
— Pearly Tan & Thinaah M Fans (@pearlythinaah) August 2, 2024
This marks their second loss against the Chinese pair throughout the duration of the Olympics, with the first one taking place during the group stage with a 17-21, 20-22 score.
Despite their loss, this has been the duo’s best performance to date, where they were the first Malaysian women’s doubles to reach the semi-finals at the Olympics after trouncing bronze medallists Kim So-yeong-Kong Hee-yong 21-12, 21-13 in the quarter-finals.
They will be facing Japan’s Matsuyama Nami-Shida Chiraru in the bronze medal matchup.
Malaysia still has Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Lee Zii Jia competing in the men’s doubles and men’s singles event respectively, with the former facing world No. 1 pair Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang from China and the latter going up against Denmark’s Anders Antonsen.
A huge thank you to Pearly-Thinaah for your amazing accomplishment at the Olympics and we’re super proud of you both!
Read about how they fought their way to the semi-finals here:
