Pearly Tan-Thinaah help Malaysia cruise past Hong Kong into Asian Games badminton quarters

Malaysia's women's badminton team commenced their 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games campaign with a commanding 3-0 victory over Hong Kong, China, advancing to the quarter-finals.

Letshanaa led with a decisive win in the singles, followed by a victory from the top doubles duo Pearly Tan and M.

Thinaah, and concluded by Wong Ling Ching's singles triumph.

National singles coaching director Kenneth Jonassen lauded the team's performance, emphasizing their focus, discipline, and determination despite being the favorites.

AICHI, Sept 20 — Malaysia opened their 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women’s team badminton campaign in stylish fashion, defeating Hong Kong, China 3-0 in the first round to advance to the quarter-finals today.

In the tie held at the Ichinomiya City Gymnasium, first singles player K. Letshanaa set the pace for the national squad by defeating Lo Sin Yan Happy 21-9, 21-16 in 34 minutes.

Top doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah then doubled Malaysia’s lead, overcoming Yeung Nga Ting-Yeung Pui Lam 21-11, 21-17 in 39 minutes.

Wong Ling Ching completed the clean sweep by dispatching Liang Ka Wing 21-17, 21-14 in the second singles match.

Malaysia will face South Korea, who received a first-round bye, in the quarter-finals.

National singles coaching director Kenneth Jonassen described his team’s performance as solid, praising the players’ focus, discipline and determination despite playing as favourites.

“Very good and solid performance from the team today. Not always easy to win when we are the favourites, but today the players had the good balance of focus, discipline and determination which was necessary to achieve,” he told reporters after the tie here today. — Bernama

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马来西亚女子羽毛球队在2026年爱知-名古屋亚运会首战中以3-0大胜中国香港队，晋级四分之一决赛。

Letshanaa 在单打比赛中取得决定性胜利，随后顶级双打组合 Pearly Tan 和 M 也取得了胜利。

Thinaah，最后由 Wong Ling Ching 赢得单打冠军。

国家单打教练总监肯尼斯·乔纳森称赞了该队的表现，强调了尽管是夺冠热门，但他们依然保持了专注、自律和决心。

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在一宫市体育馆举行的比赛中，第一单打选手K. Letshanaa 以 21-9、21-16 的比分，用时 34 分钟击败了 Lo Sin Yan Happy，为国家队奠定了基调。

马来西亚头号双打组合陈佩莉-M.蒂娜随后以21-11、21-17的比分，在39分钟内战胜杨雅婷-杨佩琳，将马来西亚的领先优势扩大了一倍。

黄玲菁在第二场单打比赛中以 21-17、21-14 击败梁嘉荣，完成了横扫。

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国家单打教练总监肯尼斯·乔纳森形容他的队伍表现稳健，并称赞队员们尽管作为夺冠热门，却依然保持了专注、自律和决心。

“今天球队表现非常出色且稳健。作为夺冠热门，取胜并非易事，但今天球员们展现出了必要的专注力、纪律性和决心，最终取得了胜利。”他在赛后告诉记者。——马新社

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