Double delight in Bangkok for Malaysian badminton team

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Women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah lived up to their top seed status and captured their first title of the year at the Thailand Open on Sunday (May 18).  The world No. 4 pair defeated South Korea’s Jeong Na-eun-Lee Yeon-woo 21-16, 21-17 at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok in the final.  Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik then made it a double for Malaysia when they took the men's doubles title as well.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mr2b9h6p  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00National women's double shuttlers Pearly Tan and M. Thinna lived up to their top-seed

00:16status and captured their first title of the year at the Thailand Open on Sunday.

00:21The world number four pair, buoyed by scores of Malaysian supporters at the Nimabudur Stadium

00:26in Bangkok, beat South Korea's Jong Na Eun and Lee Yeon Woo, 21-16, 21-17 in the final.

00:36The win was Tan and Thinna's second Super 500 title of their career.

00:41They won the Super 500 Hong Kong Open last year before, as well as the Super 300 Swiss Open

00:47in 2021 and Super 750 French Open in 2022.

00:56The men's doubles pair of Aaron Chia and So Wui Yik then made it a double for Malaysia in the

01:02Thailand Open when they took the men's doubles title as well. The world number five beat William

01:08Kreiger-Beau and Christian Faust Kjer of Denmark, 2022, 21-17, 21-12 in the final.

01:17After celebrating the win, So gave the fans more to cheer about when he gifted his racket to one of

01:22the fans. This was Chia and So's second title of the year after their win in the Badminton Asia

01:28Championships last month. They were also winners of the Super 300 Korea Masters last year and Super 750

01:36Denmark Open in 2023, as well as a one-time world champion in 2022.

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