Ratchanok, Bodin, Savitree advance into last eights @India Open
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Fifth seed Ratchanok Intanon successfully booked a quarter-final spot in the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open following a 21-14 21-19 victory over Chinese Zhang Yiman on Thursday.
The defending champion used her all rounded game to subdue the 8th ranked opponent in just 37 minutes to set up a clash with world No 4 and second seeded Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea who breezed past Linda Zetchiri of Bulgaria 21-6 21-8.
Also advancing to the quarter-finals were the mixed doubles team of Bodin Isara and Savitree Amitrapai, seeded eighth, after they easily trounced Solgyu Choi and Chae Yoo Jung of South Korea 21-11 21-8.
However the journey of Jongkolphan and Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in the women’s doubles came to an end as they went down to Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota of Japan 21-23 12-21.
