Thai shuttlers in impressive runs

Bas-Popor, Could, View attain final 4 in KL

Thai gamers booked three semi-final berths on the US$675,000 Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

Combined doubles duo Dechapol “Bas” Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree “Popor” Taerattanachai, Ratchanok “Could” Intanon within the girls’s singles, and Kunlavut “View” Vitidsarn within the males’s singles all secured wins within the quarter-finals.

High seeds Dechapol and Sapsiree beat Taiwanese sixth seeds Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet 21-13, 21-14 within the World Tour Tremendous 750 occasion.

In Saturday’s semi-finals, the Thai pair will tackle Chinese language fourth seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping who beat South Korea’s Kim Received-Ho and Jeong Na-Eun 21-8, 21-16.

Dechapol and Sapsiree are decided to go all the way in which after struggling two successive first-round exits in Indonesia final month.

With the setbacks, they dropped to No.2 on the planet.

Within the different blended doubles last-four contest, second seeds Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China meet Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje.

Zheng and Huang edged previous eighth seeds Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue from France 25-23, 22-20 within the quarter-finals.

Christiansen and Boje defeated Dutch duo Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek 21-19, 21-12.

Eighth seed Ratchanok beat China’s Han Yue 22-20, 21-12 within the quarter-finals.

Within the semi-finals, the previous world champion is up towards China’s Wang Zhiyi who rallied to beat Denmark’s Line Hojmark Kjaesfeldt 9-21, 21-10, 21-17.

Second seed Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan faces Chinese language fourth seed and Olympic champion Chen Yufei within the different last-four match.

Tai defeated Chen in the identical spherical on her option to successful the Indonesia Open title final month.

Within the males’s singles quarter-finals, Kunlavut got here from behind to beat China’s Lu Guangzu 15-21, 21-10, 21-17.

The Thai faces second seed Kento Momota of Japan or Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia within the final 4. High-ranked Viktor Axelsen of Denmark meets seventh seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia within the different semi-final.