Shuttler Nichaon downs world No 3 Wang
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Thailand's Nichaon Jindapon pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Indonesia Open Superseries Premier yesterday when she eliminated world No 3 Wang Yihan of China 21-18 18-21 21-13.
The world No 13 Thai, avenged a loss to Wang in the Asian Badminton Championships last year, finishing off her powerful Chinese rival in 53 minutes. Nichaon next faces sixth seed Yeon Ju-bae of South Korea who ousted Malaysia’s Li Lian Yang 21-11 17-21 21-8.
Also booking a spot in the quarter-final was Busanan Ongbunrungpan, who scored a surprise win over Taiwanese seventh seed Tzu Ying Tai 21-16 17-21 21-19. She next faces world No 2 Shixian Wang, who had an easy win over Carolina Marin of Spain 21-14 21-13.
In the men’s singles second round, Thai No 2 Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk wasted a match point at 20-19 in the deciding third game before losing to world No 2 Chen Long of China 25-23 16-21 20-22.
