Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah reach Japan Open final

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Women's doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah have ended their long losing streak against the challenging pair and home favourites, Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida, to advance to the Japan Open final.  Pearly and Thinaah achieved a commanding 21-13, 21-11 victory over the world No. 2 duo in just 36 minutes, silencing home fans at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday (July 19).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/fv6tcwam  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Women's doubles shuttlers Pearlie Tan and M. Tina have ended their long-losing streak

00:06against the challenging pair and home favourites, Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida, to advance

00:12to the Japan Open final.

00:15Pearlie and Tina achieved a commanding 21-13-21 victory over the World No. 2 duo in just

00:2236 minutes, silencing home fans at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday.

00:29The World No. 3 pair had lost 13 out of their last 14 meetings against Matsuyama and Shida.

00:36The in-form Pearlie and Tina have now reached their fourth final this year, having captured

00:41the Thailand Open and finished as runners-up in the Indonesian Open and Masters.

00:46Pearlie and Tina will face a formidable challenge against China's World No. 1 Liu Shengshu and

00:51Tan Ning in the final.

00:59Fats in audio.

01:01Fats in audio.

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