In a brutal demolition of her Korean opponents, Pearly Tan & Thinaah Muralitharan made history as the first Malaysian WD couple who reached an Olympic final. Wow, did you deserve this victory?
From the beginning there was a focus and an intensity about the couple of them. This was a death or a glorious tie, and they decided to fame. The first set passed at lightning speed. The attack was smart and the defense kept stable. There was a calm confidence in her when they went with the Tokyo bronze medalies from head to toe. Ein up 21-12. How would the Koreans react? This was an incredible start.
Korea started the second set in a more composer. The surcharge changed when nobody was able to build dynamics. 4-4. 5-5. 8-8. Then somewhat turned the attack switch in Pearly and Thinaah’s gambling brains – the semi -finals did not ignore the temptation.
Pearly in particular was cleverly moving her opponents to gain space for attack. She always looked for angles to take advantage of it. Thinaah was her reliable backup. Nothing came past her. The Koreans went out of the ideas when Malaysia had the interval 11: 8 in front of them.
They were relentless when they played for a semi -final square. The score ticked again and again and they were so smooth in their partnership. The understanding between you and your trust in your strategy was incredibly resilient. Kim/Kong still fought hard and managed to get a few points back.
At 12-13 I was a little worried because Pearly seemed to have a slight shortage of knee; Suddenly the Korean level was 13-13. Was that the expected fight back?
Fearless and brave the Malaysian couple breathed deeply, focused newly and found a higher level. Her rivals were put under pressure on casual errors; You misjudged the drift and your challenge was to fade. Perly and Thinaah were hungry for points. They were not in court to spoil the love of the Korean into long rallies. They were directly and determined. Nevertheless, the score continued in its favor.
There was nothing that Kim/Kong could do to counteract this persistent attack. In the course of the set they faded. When they faded, Perlmily and Thinaah grew. 18-13, 19-13, 20-13 Match Point. Certainly she couldn’t stop anything now. Never doubts! 21-13. What a performance.
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