Birmingham: National women's doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah marched into their maiden All England semi-final after defeating Indonesia's Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Meilysa Trias Puspitasari in the quarter-finals at the Utilita Arena, Birmingham, early this morning.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the world number two pair took just 43 minutes to overcome the Indonesians in straight sets, 21-9, 21-18. The victory also made Pearly-Thinaah the first Malaysian women's pair to reach the semi-finals of the prestigious tournament since Wong Pei Tty -Chin Eei Hui in 2007.

The Malaysians will next face South Korea's Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee, who earlier cruised past Japan's Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto 21-18, 21-7 in another quarter-final match.