Pearly Tan hit an outstanding winner in the first game as she and M.Thinaah checked into the Thailand Masters semi-finals following a 21-14, 21-11 win over Chinese pair Chen Qing Chen-Wang Ting Ge on Friday.
The Malaysians, top seeded in this Super 500 event, clinched the first game in style, with one winner from Tan standing out in particular.
As the opponent's smash came her way, Tan titled her body at an angle and returned the shuttle at the hip level to an empty space to leave both Chen-Wang stunned.
It summed the pair's victory and the impressive fashion in which Tan-Thinaah dominated their Chinese counterparts, with Tan attacking from the back court and even Thinaah showing great offensive threat.
The world number four was well deserving of this quarter-finals victory, as their strategy of targeting a nervy looking Wang paid off, with Paris Olympics champion Chen powerless to stop the duo.
The national women's doubles shuttlers will be confident of winning the semi-finals too.
Tan-Thinaah will go on to face Japanese pair Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara in the last four on Saturday.
The Malaysians, top seeded in this Super 500 event, clinched the first game in style, with one winner from Tan standing out in particular.
As the opponent's smash came her way, Tan titled her body at an angle and returned the shuttle at the hip level to an empty space to leave both Chen-Wang stunned.
It summed the pair's victory and the impressive fashion in which Tan-Thinaah dominated their Chinese counterparts, with Tan attacking from the back court and even Thinaah showing great offensive threat.
The world number four was well deserving of this quarter-finals victory, as their strategy of targeting a nervy looking Wang paid off, with Paris Olympics champion Chen powerless to stop the duo.
The national women's doubles shuttlers will be confident of winning the semi-finals too.
Tan-Thinaah will go on to face Japanese pair Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara in the last four on Saturday.
