“Nong May” eliminated from the Denmark Open badminton tournament

An Se Young, the number 1 player from South Korea, defeated 'Nong May' Ratchanok Intanon to advance to the last 8 to meet 'Mae Sai' Supanida Ketthong in the Denmark Open badminton tournament. Badminton World Tour 750 event, Viktor Denmark Open 2024 in Odense, Denmark, women's singles, last 16, "Nong May" Ratchanok Intanon, Thai badminton player, world number 19, lost to An Se Young, world number 2 and number 1 of the event from South Korea, winner of the women's singles gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games, in an exciting 1-2 game. "Nong May" won the first game 21-18, but the South Korean female player came back to win in the last 2 games 21-12 and 21-16, advancing to the quarter-finals. An Se Young will face 'Mae Sai' Supanida Ketthong, another Thai female volleyball player, who is ranked 7th in the tournament and 11th in the world, who defeated Nguyen Thuy Linh, ranked 32nd in the world from Vietnam, 2-0, 21-14 and 21-18. In the men's singles, Round 2, "View" Kunlavut Vitidsarn, No. 6 of the tournament and No. 6 in the world, winner of the 2024 Olympic silver medal, lost to Koki Watanabe, No. 13 in the world from Japan, 0-2 games 13-21 and 19-21, and was eliminated. Watanabe will advance to the next round to meet Lu Guangxu from China. In the men's doubles round 2, "Bas" Dechapol Puavaranukroh and "Sky" Kittinupong Ketchum, the world's 202nd ranked pair, defeated Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Søgaard, the world's 16th ranked pair from Denmark, 2-1, 21-18, 10-21, 21-15, advancing to the next round to meet Liang Weigeng and Wang Chang, the world's 1st ranked pair from China. Source: Thai News Agency