“May Ratchanok” advances to round 2 of Arctic Open 2024 badminton

May Ratchanok' defeated Wang Ziyi, world number 3 and number 1 of the tournament from China, advancing to the second round, while 'M Suphak' and 'Popor Sapsiree' upset the number 7 pair from Malaysia, advancing to the second round of the 2024 Arctic Open Badminton in Finland. Results of the Arctic Open 2024 badminton competition, a World Tour Super 500 event in Finland, women's singles, first round, "May" Ratchanok Intanon, world number 21, came back to defeat Wang Ziyi, number 1 of the event and number 3 in the world from China, 2-1 games 18-21, 21-15, 21-17, allowing "May Ratchanok" to advance to the second round to meet Malvika Bansod, world number 37 from India. Another pair, "Mew" Pornpawee Chochuwong, the 7th ranked player of the tournament, defeated her junior, "Carrot" Pornpicha Choeikiwong, the 38th ranked player in the world, 2-0, 21-19, 21-16, advancing to the second round to meet the winner of Yao Jiamin from Singapore or Teresa Zavabikova from the Czech Republic. "May" Supanida Ketthong, the 5th seed of the tournament, defeated Petra Sarniwara, the 420th seed in the world from Finland, 2-0, 21-8, 21-4, advancing to the second round to meet Puti Kusuma Vadini, the 27th seed in the world from Indonesia. Mixed doubles, first round, "M" Suphak Jomkoh and "Popor" Sapsiree Taerattanachai turned the tables and defeated Tan Kiangmeng and Lai Peijing, the 7th pair from Malaysia, 2-1, 21-16, 18-21, 21-10, advancing to the second round to meet "Title" Rusthanaphak Oupthong and "Jane" Chernicha Sudjaipraparat, the 29th pair in the world. Men's doubles qualifying round "Bas" Dechapol Puavaranukroh and "Sky" Kittinupong Ketren, who returned to pair up again after 3 years, defeated Robert Sibulski and Simon Slepecki, a pair from Poland, 2-0 games 21-7, 21-4, successfully advancing to the main draw. Source: Thai News Agency