211 pictures. Three minutes of play time in a match that lasted for 90 minutes.
The Malaysian duo of Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah have been involved in a nail biting, marathon kind rally all through their Malaysia Masters recreation in opposition to Japan’s Rena Miyaura-Ayako Sakuramoto inside the second spherical. A match they’d win 21-17, 18-21, 21-19 to seal a quarterfinals berth.
The rally is believed to be the longest in Badminton historic previous with the sooner official report believed to be a 195-shot rally which lasted for larger than three minutes via the 2022 Korea Open between South Korea’s Baek Ha-na-Lee Yu-rim and China’s Du Yue-Li Wen Mei.
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— BWF (@bwfmedia) May 25, 2023
It would begin when the Malaysians have been foremost 16-14 inside the third set.
“We are just relieved this match is over, we want to go back now, have a good rest and come back tomorrow for another tough match,” Pearly talked about inside the publish match interview.
On what saved them going inside the rally, Thinaah added: “We were running out of steam, but we kept going because we could see our opponents tiring as well. I threw my racquet in the air because it felt like we had won a match.”