KUALA LUMPUR – Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah have pulled out of the Indonesia Open slated to open tomorrow and last till June 18 in Jakarta.
A Badminton Association of Malaysia statement confirmed that the withdrawal of the nation’s top-ranked women’s doubles pair from the Super 1000 event was due to Pearly’s elbow injury sustained in last week’s Singapore Open.
“With Pearly not yet at 100%, the coaching team reached the decision not to take an unnecessary risk by fielding her in the event,” according to the statement.
On June 7, Pearly-Thinaah had to exit their opening round match against Japan’s Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi in the deciding set due to Pearly’s injury with the score at 9-16 in favour of the Japanese pair.
Pearly-Thinaah lost the first set 13-21 but the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallists came back strongly to win the second set 21-17 and force the match into a decider. – Bernama, June 12, 2023
