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Pearly Tan

Malaysian badminton player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pearly Tan
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Pearly Tan Koong Le ASK (Chinese: 陳康樂; pinyin: Chén Kānglè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Khong-lo̍k; born 14 March 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player.

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At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan became the first ever Malaysian semi-finalists in the women's doubles event at the Olympic Games.

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Career

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2018

In July, Tan and Toh Ee Wei became silver medalists in the girls' doubles events at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships.

Following a win at the Malaysia International Junior Open, Tan and Toh continued their great form at the World Junior Championships and clinched silver. Tan also won all of her matches in the Mixed Team event both with Toh and as a scratch pairing with Goh Jin Wei.[1]

2019

After brief partnerships with Teoh Mei Xing and Lim Chiew Sin, Tan went on to win her maiden senior title at the 2019 Malaysia International Series with Thinaah Muralitharan.

2021

Tan and Muralitharan clinched their first BWF World Tour title at the Swiss Open, defeating teammates and second seeds Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean in the semi-finals, and third seeds Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the finals as an unseeded pair.[2]

2022

In August, Tan and Muralitharan became gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[3][4]

In October, Tan and Muralitharan claimed the French Open title, becoming the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to achieve this feat.[5]

2023

In April, Tan set a new world record for the fastest women's badminton smash at 438 kilometers per hour at the Yonex Tokyo Factory. She is the first badminton player to hold that world record.[6]

In May, Tan and Muralitharan won all of their games at the Sudirman Cup and managed a second place finish at the Malaysia Masters, losing to Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee in the finals.

At the World Championships, Tan and Muralitharan defeated fourth seeds and two-time former champions Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the third round, but fell to sixth seeds Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the quarter finals in a tightly contested three game match.

In September, they finished second at the Hong Kong Open, losing to Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in the finals.

2024

Tan and Muralitharan became the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to advance to the semi-finals of an Olympic Games at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ranked 13th in the world at the time, they were drawn into Group A alongside Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan from China, Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara from Japan, and Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti from Indonesia, ranked 1st, 6th, and 9th in the world respectively.[7] Having successfully advanced from the group stage with a 2–1 record, they defeated then ranked 7th in the world Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong from Korea in the quarter-finals in straight sets, before falling to Chen and Jia in the semi-finals and Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the bronze medal match.

In September, they finished second at the Korea Open, losing to Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong in the finals. They won their first Super 500 level title at the Hong Kong Open, defeating Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in the finals in straight sets.

In October, they finished second at the Arctic Open, losing to Liu and Tan in the finals.

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Personal life

Tan was born in Alor Setar, Kedah to Tan Chai Ling and badminton coach Tan Seng Hoe.[8] Her father runs the Alor Setar Racquet Club (ASRC), which is also the childhood club of national shuttlers Lee Zii Jia and Jacky Kok.[9]

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Commonwealth Games

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The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (India).

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World Junior Championships

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Asian Junior Championships

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BWF World Tour (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[14]

Women's doubles

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BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Mixed doubles

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  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
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