Thais seek revenge against Japan
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Favourites China underlined their superiority by sweeping Singapore 5-0 to dominate group W1 and advance to the quarterfinals of badminton's SCG World Junior Championships at Hua Mark Indoor Stadium yesterday.
Defending champions China, spearheaded by world No 1 doubles junior Yuchen Liu and his world No 2 female counterpart Huang Dongping, will take on W2 winners Taiwan in today’s quarterfinals, due at 12.30pm.
In Group Y 2 action, Thailand collected their second point in the morning tie against Botswana with a convincing 5-0 win, despite resting key players Busanan Ongbumrungkanjana and the ailing Sitthikom Thammasin.
But the afternoon session against European champions Denmark proved tougher than expected when the visitors stunned Thailand in the mixed doubles. Dechapol Pauvaranukroh and Puttita Supajirakul blew away two match points at 20-18 before going down to Frederikk Mortensen and Mail Fruergaad 8-21 21-13 22-20.
But Sitthikorn’s replacement, Pannawit Thongnuam of Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School, lev
