PETALING JAYA: Healing from a heartbreak can take time but shuttler M. Thinaah promises to come through the process stronger.

World No. 11 Thinaah and Pearly Tan exited from the World Championships in a sad way after suffering an agonising 21-17, 17-21, 19-21 defeat to China’s world No. 6 Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.