KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 – Injury has knocked out the country’s number one women’s doubles pair’s hopes in the first round of the 2023 Singapore Open without completing their first-round match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, today.
Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah had to exit from their match against Japan’s Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi in the deciding set when Pearly Tan suffered an injury to her right elbow and decided to withdraw with the score at 9-16 in favour of the Japanese pair.
Pearly Tan-Thinaah lost the first set 13-21 but the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallists came back strongly to win the second set 21-17 and force the match into a deciding set.
However, with a score of 9-16 in the third set, Pearly Tan decided to withdraw due to the injury.
Meanwhile, the country’s leading men’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yii lived up to expectations by moving into the second round after beating French pair Christo Popov-Toma Junior Popov.
Yew Sin-Ee Yii, the eighth seeds in the tournament were in sizzling form throughout their match before emerging with a 21-18, 21-13 straight sets win in 31 minutes.
Waiting for them in the second round will be either Denmark’s Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen or Indonesia’s Pramudya Kusumawardana-Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan who play in a later match today.
– Bernama
