PETALING JAYA: Japan’s Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto are fast turning into a major threat to women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah. 6 pair in the Indian Open semi-finals at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi yesterday. The defeat ended Pearly-Thinaah’s hopes of making it to their first final in the competition. The pair also reached the last four last year but were denied by South Korea’s Kim Hye-jeong-Kong Hee-yong. 6 Wei Chong-Kai Wun have still not found a way to overcome their world No.

Source: The Star January 18, 2026 03:40 UTC