Pearly-Thinaah off to winning start in Taiwan
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KUALA LUMPUR: Top seeds Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah got their Taiwan Open campaign off to a solid start after easing past Japan's Mao Hitasue-Kanano Muroya 21-17, 21-15 to reach the second round on Wednesday.
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The world No. 5 needed just 38 minutes to overcome their world No. 110 Japanese opponents in their first meeting, setting up a last-16 clash against Taiwanese duo Chen Yan Fei-Sun Liang Ching.
As the highest-ranked pair in the draw, Pearly-Thinaah head into the Super 300 tournament as overwhelming favourites for the title, with several of the world's top women's doubles combinations absent this week.
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