PEARLY Tan and M. Thinaah know the feeling all too well, and that familiarity may yet prove to be their greatest comfort.

SHUTTLER Leong Jun Hao learned the hard way that patience is needed when facing a veteran like Indonesian Jonatan Christie after crashing out of the Malaysia Open yesterday.

MEN’S doubles Arif Junaidi-Yap Roy King conceded that their inability to control the serve and the first three shots proved decisive after they were outplayed by India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-…