TOYOTA THAILAND OPEN SF – 4 looking for consecutive titles
Home favourites Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai lead a parade of 4 champions from last week into the finals for further success, while Korean players pulled off 2 reversals from last week, failed at 1, and hope for another.
By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live)
Four winners of the Yonex Thailand Open from last weekend have booked their repeat spots in the finals of this weekend’s edition, sponsored by Toyota. For Thai fans, the highlight will again be seeing mixed doubles top seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai compete for a second consecutive title but they will be the last of 4 to attempt that feat on Sunday afternoon.
Taiwan’s top badminton men’s doubles pair yesterday won another title in Bangkok at the Toyota Thailand Open, but world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) once again lost to Spain’s Carolina Marin in the women’s singles.
For the second week in a row, Taiwan’s top players in the women’s singles and the men’s doubles competed in the finals in Bangkok, which is hosting three Badminton World Federation (BWF) tournaments, the last of which ends on Sunday.
The world No. 6 pairing of Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) triumphed again in the men’s doubles, beating world No. 9 duo Aaron
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Spain’s Carolina Marin and Viktor Axelsen from Denmark on Sunday claimed their second Thailand Open badminton singles titles in a fortnight.
Axelsen was a commanding force against his compatriot Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in the men’s final in Bangkok.
Marin, the reigning Olympic champion, smashed top seed Tai Tzu-ying for the second time in a fortnight.
Thailand is hosting three consecutive badminton tournaments in a bio-secure coronavirus bubble, without spectators to guard against the coronavirus outbreak.
Marin, 27, went into Sunday’s final without losing a single game across the two tournaments.
In a much tighter contest than the first final last week, the Spaniard claimed the first game 21-19.