PETALING JAYA: Women’s doubles ace Pearly Tan revealed she played through pain during the quarter-final loss to China’s Li Yijing-Luo Xumin at the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China, on Friday.

Pearly and M. Thinaah, the world No. 2, went down 13-21, 15-21 to Li Yijing-Luo Xumin in their bid to reach the semi-finals, which would have guaranteed at least a bronze medal.