Mixed doubles specialists Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai moved into the quarter-finals of the US$775,000 Denmark Open in Odense yesterday.
The Thai duo defeated world No.2 pair Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China 21-14, 21-15 in yesterday's second round match of the BWF World Tour Super 750 event at Odense Sports Park.
Entering the match, world No.13 Dechapol and Sapsiree held a 2-1 edge in their head-to-head record with Wang and Huang winning their latest meeting at the Malaysian Open in June.
Dechapol and Sapsiree will today take on another seeded opponents Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai of Malaysia for a place in the semi-finals.
Khosit Phetpradab also progressed to the last eight of the men's singles event.
The Thai world No.16 brushed aside the 12th-ranked Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong 21-12, 21-19.
He awaits the winner of the late second round match between compatriot Suppanyu Avihingsanon and world No.1 Kento Momota of Japan.
Busanan Ongbamrungphan went down to top-ranked Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan 16-21, 15-21 in the second round of the women's singles event. Tai plays sixth seed Chen Yufei of China in the last eight today.
The fourth-seeded Ratchanok Intanon, the only remaining Thai in the women's singles event, was due to play China's Cai Yanyan in a late match, with the winner taking on seventh seed He Bingjiao, also from China.
Eighth seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai were due to play Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu of China in another late match of the women's doubles event.
In other notable women's singles results, unseeded Saina Nehwal of India stunned second seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-15, 21-17. Nehwal will next play eighth seed Nozomi Okuhara, who eliminated her Japanese compatriot Saena Kawakami 21-15, 21-14.
