It was not to be. A heartbreaking end for Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan in their maiden Olympics campaign as they missed out on winning the women's doubles bronze medal today.
The Malaysian pair could not do much as they were beaten 11-21, 11-21 to Japan's world No. 4 Chiharu Shida-Nami Matsuyama in the playoff for bronze.
Pearly-Thinaah had only beaten their Japanese rivals once before at the 2022 French Open. The pair made it out of the group of death and were the only ones to take a game off China’s top pairs.
The Japanese pair got off to a quick 7-3 lead in the first game before extending their advantage to 11-4. Pearly-Thinaah won the next three points, but their opponents went on a strong run and opened an eight-point cushion at 16-8 and went on to close out the game.
The second game saw the Japanese opening up a five-point lead at 8-3 and 11-6. The Japanese led 15-9 before going on a four-point streak to set the score at 19-9.
Although Pearly-Thinaah won the next two points, they were unable to mount a comeback.
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