TAN Pearly
Character Introduction
TAN Pearly, a native of Kedah, Malaysia, is a women’s badminton player and runner-up in the women’s doubles at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships and World Youth Championships.
Originally from Kedah, Malaysia, Tan Kang Lok was introduced to badminton by her badminton loving father, and at the age of 13, she entered the Bukit Jalil Sports School for training, and won her first international junior title at the German Junior Championships in 2017, and since then has won many domestic junior tournaments.
In 2018, the duo of Tan Kang Lok and Doi Wei took second place at both the Asian Youth Championships and the World Youth Championships that year. Their performances at the Asian Youth Championships and the World Youth Championships saw the pair seen as Malaysia’s women’s doubles hopefuls, however, the pair split up when Doo Yi Wee suffered from sinusitis and withdrew from the national team.
With Doi Wei leaving the national team, Tan Kang Lok was eventually paired with Muralitharan Tina, who had just joined the national team.In June 2019, Tan Kang Lok and Muralitharan Tina competed in their first tournament after being paired together, the Malaysian International Series, and ended up defeating the Indonesian duo of F. D. Kusuma/R. Sugi in the final, 2-1 (21-16, 11-21, 21-18) Kusuma/R Sugiarto in the final, defeating the Indonesian pairing of F.D. Kusuma/R Sugiarto 2-1 (21-16, 11-21, 21-18) to win their first career international title. In September of the same year, the duo reached the final of the Sydney International again, but lost 1-2 (17-21, 21-17, 13-21) to Taiwan’s Ching Yu-chieh/Tzeng Yu-chieh and finished as runners-up.
In March 2021, Chan Kang Lok and Muralitharan Tina played in the Swiss Open and defeated Bulgarian seeded players Gavrila Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva in two straight games (21-19, 21-12) to clinch their first Tour Championships trophy of the year.
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World Ranking – Women’s Doubles 13, Week 30, 2024
Olympic Points – Women’s Doubles 14, 62304 points
Finals Ranking – Women’s Doubles 18, 37300 points
Equipment Used
JETSPEED S 10 Fluorescent Rose; JETSPEED S 12 F; ASTROX 88S PRO; ARCSABER 7 PRO; 75TH AERUS Z; EXBOLT65
SHA960; P9500 PENG; SHB65Z3LEX; ECLIPSION Z
Major Achievements
- 2024 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2023 Hong Kong Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Championships Third Runner-up Member
- 2023 German Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
- 2023 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2023 India Open Badminton Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2022 French Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Gold Medal
- 2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Gold Medal
- 2022 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2022 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2022 Thailand Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2021 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2021 Swiss Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2020 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2019 Bangladesh Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Badminton India International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Malaysia Badminton International Series Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 World Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2017 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2017 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2016 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up