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“View” Kunlavut enters the last 8 of the Arctic Open 2024 badminton tournament.

View' Kunlavut defeated Ung Galong Angus from Hong Kong, advancing to the last 8, while 'Bas' Dechapol and 'Sky' Kittinupong came back to defeat the world's 9th pair from Japan, advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Arctic Open badminton. Arctic Open 2024, a World Tour Super 500 badminton tournament in Finland, men's singles, round 2, "View" Kunlavut Vitidsarn, world number 7, defeated Ung Galong Angus, world number 20 from Hong Kong, 2-1, 21-15, 12-21, 21-10, through to the last 8 to meet Kodai Naraoka, world number 6 from Japan. Men's Doubles Round 2 "Bas" Dechapol Puavaranukroh and "Sky" Kittinupong Ketsuren, the world's 550th ranked pair, who returned to pair up again after 3 years, came back to defeat Takuro Hoki and Yuko Kobayashi, the world's 9th ranked pair from Japan, 2-1 games 15-21, 21-17 and 21-12, advancing to the quarterfinals to meet Ben Lane and Sean Wendy, the world's 16th ranked pair from England. Women's Doubles Round 2 "Anna" Nantanakarn and "Muna" Benyapha Aimsaard, the 19th rank ed pair in the world, defeated the younger pair "Muk" Ornicha Jongstapornphan and "Anfield" Sukrita Suwachai, the 74th ranked pair in the world, 2-0 games 21-10 and 21-17, advancing to the semi-finals to meet Luo Suming and Li Yijing, the 12th ranked pair in the world from China. Source: Thai News Agency