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Pearly-Thinaah crunch strategies in medal hunt at 2023 BAC

Leading women's doubles team looks to stuff more cards up their sleeves for Dubai

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 13 Apr 2023 6:00AM

Pearly-Thinaah crunch strategies in medal hunt at 2023 BAC
Pearly Tan (right) admits that lapses in communication with her partner is another factor to blame for their lukewarm run lately. – Badminton Photo pic, April 13, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – The country’s leading women's doubles team of Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah will pack in more strategies on court in their pursuit of a medal at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships (BAC) from April 25-30, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Pearly said the lack of strategy up their sleeves on court is the main factor that makes it difficult for the pair to maintain a consistent streak in any tournament.

“I think we need more strategies. Maybe we used to only have plan A, plan B, but now we want more plans to get ahead of the opponent,” she said here yesterday.

Pearly also admitted that lapses in communication with her partner was another factor to blame for their lukewarm run lately.

However, the 23-year-old Kedah-born shuttler said she has improved on her deficiencies in training since returning from tournaments in Europe recently.

In April last year, Pearly-Thinaah failed to advance to the semi-finals after they were defeated by the Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota 21-14, 19-21, 16-21 at the 2022 BAC tournament held in Manila, the Philippines. – Bernama, April 13, 2023

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