Kuala Lumpur: The country’s top women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah kept the Malaysian flag flying at the 2026 India Open after defeating Taiwan’s Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En Tzu in their quarter-final clash in New Delhi here on Friday.
The tournament’s second seeds made short work of Pei Shan-En Tzu, winning 21-16, 21-10 in a match that lasted just 33 minutes at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Pearly-Thinaah will face Japanese duo Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto in the semi-finals today (Saturday).
Meanwhile, national men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik also advanced to the semi-finals after overcoming Taiwan’s Lee Jhe-Huei-Yang Po Hsuan 21-19, 21-14 in straight sets.
The world number two pair is expected to meet either Taiwan’s Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po Han or Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita in today’s semi-final.
In the mixed doubles category, national pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai were defeated by the tournament’s top seeds, Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping of China, in a close 19-21, 21-19, 18-21 battle.
The defeat meant Soon Huat-Shevon were unable to repeat their semi-final run at the tournament last year.