Sports & Fitness

Pearly-Thinaah reach Arctic Open final

Pearly-Thinaah will meet China's Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning or Li Yi Jing-Luo Xu Min in Sunday's final.

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 13 Oct 2024 6:20AM

Pearly-Thinaah reach Arctic Open final
World No. 7 Pearly-Thinaah edged Japan's No. 6 Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi 19-21, 21-19, 26-24 in a 102-minute battle. - Pic from BAM Facebook, October 13, 2024

NATIONAL women's doubles Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah reached their third final of the year at the Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland.

World No. 7 Pearly-Thinaah edged Japan's No. 6 Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi 19-21, 21-19, 26-24 in a 102-minute battle.

Pearly-Thinaah will meet China's Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning or Li Yi Jing-Luo Xu Min in Sunday's final.

The duo will join professional men's double - Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsari in the finals.

The fifth-seeded pair will take on defending champions, Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen after the second seeds from Denmark defeated Thailand’s Kittinipong Kedren-Dechapol Puavaranukroh 21-14, 21-19. - October 13, 2024

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