Malaysia Open jinx strikes Pearly-Thinaah again [WATCH]

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Open jinx continued to haunt Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah after the second seeds crashed out in the second round on Thursday.

Pearly-Thinaah went down 26-24, 21-17 to Indonesia's world No. 60 pair Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma–Meilysa Trias Puspitasari at the Axiata Arena.

The defeat came as a disappointment, especially after the Malaysians had beaten the same pair to clinch the SEA Games gold in Bangkok last month and carried a dominant 4-0 head-to-head record into the match.

It also meant Pearly-Thinaah have now failed to progress beyond the second round in all five of their Malaysia Open appearances.

They exited in the second round on debut in 2022, before suffering first-round defeats in the next three editions.