Cool Porntip shocks Wang
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Thailand's world No 14 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk stunned Chinese fourth seed and world No 5 Wang Shixian 21-17 12-21 23-21 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships.
Porntip, champion at this year’s Vietnam Open, next takes on German fifth seed and European champ Juliane Schenk, who downed China’s Chen Xiao Jia 21-16 16-21 22-20. Thai team-mate Busanan Ongbumrungpan went down to Danish sixth seed Tine Baun 21-8 21-15. The Thai women’s duo of Duanganong Aroonkesorn/Kunchala Voravichitchaikul were also in form, beating Indians Pradnya Gadre/Ashwini Ponnappa 21-17 21-18 to book a quarter-final berth.
