Sapsiree heads into two quarter-finals in @ Swiss OPen

THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017
Sapsiree heads into two quarter-finals in @ Swiss OPen

Doubles specialists Sapsiree Taerattanachai advanced to the second round of both the women’s doubles and mixed doubles categories of the US$120,000 Swiss Open in Basel on Wednesday.

Seeded third along with Dechapol Puavaranukroh in the mixed doubles, Sapsiree beat Alexandr Zinchenko and Olga Morozova of Russia 24-26 21-8 21-8.

She later teamed up with Puttita Supajirakul, as the second seeds, to beat Susanne Keller and Yvonne Keller of Switzerland 21-10 21-3.

Sapsiree and Dechapol will next face Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith of England while in the women’s doubles, she and Puttita will play Anggia Shitta Awanda and Apriani Rahayu of Indonesia.

In the men’s doubles, Dechapol and Kittinupong Kerden lost to Indonesian eighth seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia 16-21 14-21.