Thai paddlers upset S'pore again
Once again, Thai paddler Padasak Tanviriyachakul has proven to be the party pooper.
A day after he partnered Chanakarn Udomsilp to deny an all-Singapore men's doubles final, the 19-year-old teamed up with Suthasini Sawettabut to repeat the feat in the mixed doubles.
This evening (June 3), they came from two sets down to beat Singapore's Li Hu and Zhou Yihan 4-3 (1-11, 5-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-8) in the mixed doubles semi-final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Their reward will be a place in the final where they will take on Singapore's Yang Zi and Yu Mengyu, who breezed past Vietnam's Dinh Quang Linh and Mai Hoang My Trang 4-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5).
"We just tried our best to keep the rallies going," said Padasak.
"They were standing quite far from the table, so we kept it short and went for the kill.
"Generally, Singapore are still the best team in south-east Asia but we have shown we can cause an upset in the doubles."
Read the full report in our print edition on June 4.
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Read the full report in our print edition on June 3.
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