The second-seeded pair Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan won the 2026 Denmark Open, ending an 18-year drought for Malaysian women's doubles.
The world No. 5 pair dismantled Japan's Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita 21-18, 21-11 in a dominant 36-minute final.
After a tense, tightly-contested first game where the Japanese pairing initially matched them blow-for-blow, Pearly–Thinaah shifted into another gear in the second game, unleashing an array of relentless smashes and watertight defensive plays to seal the championship emphatic fashion.
With the victory, the dazzling duo became only the second Malaysian women’s doubles pair to win the crown in the prestigious tournament’s 90-year history, echoing the legendary triumph of Wong Pei Tty and Chin Eei Hui back in 2008.
Pearly–Thinaah’s historic triumph crowns a magnificent, double-joy weekend for Malaysian badminton, as the country dominated across both senior and junior international stages.
The second-seeded pair overcame a tense deciding game to defeat Japan’s Nijika Kamata and Shizuku Kashio 15-7, 9-15, 15-12. Their triumph ended a massive 34-year wait for Malaysia, bringing home the nation’s first-ever girls’ doubles gold medal since the tournament’s inception in 1992 – an event long dominated by powerhouse nations like China.
For 16-year-old Low, it was a sweet case of “third time lucky” after settling for silver in the previous two editions, while 18-year-old Lim proved to be the missing piece to complete a truly historic weekend for the nation.
Also yesterday, Celtic dominated Heart of Midlothian in a 7-1 rout, opening the floodgates early when Kieran Tierney struck in the 7th minute, quickly followed by a Benjamin Nygren goal just three minutes later.
Callum Osmand then took control of the first half, netting a rapid brace in the 36th and 38th minutes to push the lead to 4-0.
Hearts found a brief consolation in the 41st minute, but an own goal in first-half stoppage time crushed any momentum, leaving Celtic up 5-1 at the break.
The relentless attack continued instantly in the second half as Camilo Durán scored in the 49th minute, before Nygren capped off the masterclass by sealing his own brace in the 83rd minute to finalize the emphatic scoreline.
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