Pearly-Thinaah, who won the Indonesia Masters in January and the Denmark Open earlier this month, will be aiming for their third title of the season.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah staged a gritty fightback to reach the French Open 2026 final after overcoming Japan’s Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi in Paris today.
At Arena Grand Paris, the second seeds fought back from 3-12 down in the second game to seal a 21-17, 22-20 victory in 47 minutes, extending their head-to-head record against the Japanese pair to 9-2.
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Pearly-Thinaah fought their way back into the second game, drawing level at 18-18 and again at 20-20 before closing out the match.
They will face either top seeds Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto of Japan or Indonesia’s Rachel Allessya Rose-Febi Setianingrum in the final of the BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament.
Pearly-Thinaah, who won the Indonesia Masters in January and the Denmark Open earlier this month, will be aiming for their third title of the season.
Earlier, independent national mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing also reached the final after defeating China’s Guo Xin Wa-Chen Fang Hui 21-13, 21-9 in the semi-finals.
