Jongkolphan and Rawinda advance at All England
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Eighth-seeded Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai remained the only Thai hope in this year' s Yonex All England Open following their second round win in the women's doubles on Thursday in Birmingham.
The Thai pair who won the home title from the Thailand Masters in January needed three sets to move past countrywomen Chayanit Chaladchalam and Phataimas Muenwong 16-21 21-17 21-17.
They will next play the fourth-seeded pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota of Japan in the quarter-finals. They beat the Japanese duo 23-21 21-12 in the 2017 Hong Kong Open which was their only win from four meets.
In women's singles second round, Nitchaon Jindapol went down to fourth-seeded Sindhu V. Pursarla 21-13 13-21 21-18 while Busanan Ongbamrungphan lost to world No 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan 15-21 11-21.
Thai No 1 Khosit Phetpradab was eliminated from the men's singles event, losing to 2016 Olympic Games gold medalist Chen Long of China 18-21 14-21.
