PUBLISHED : 6 Mar 2024 at 04:05
Kunlavut Vitidsarn secured his place within the final 16 of the US$850,000 BWF French Open in Paris on Tuesday.
The reigning world champion survived a stiff check in opposition to Brian Yang of Canada as he superior with a 21-13, 13-21, 22-20 victory in an hour and 22 minutes.
Eighth seed Kunlavut will play both Kenta Nishimoto of Japan or Lin Chun-yi of Taiwan within the final 16 of the World Tour Tremendous 750 occasion at Enviornment Porte de la Chapelle.
World No.8 Kunlavut is again in motion after greater than a month since his semi-final loss to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen on the Indonesia Masters in January.
Kunlavut turned the primary Thai to win the boys’s singles world title in August final yr after defeating Kodai Naraoka of Japan on the planet championships last in Copenhagen.
Ladies’s singles hopeful Pornpawee Chochuwong was as a result of play high seed An Se-Younger of South Korea in a late match on Tuesday.
In different early outcomes on Tuesday, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia defeated Kim Ga-Eun of South Korea 21-16, 12-21, 21-14 in her ladies’s singles opening match.
Males’s doubles world No.1 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India defeated Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia 21-13, 24-22.
Ladies’s doubles stars Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand rallied to beat fellow Indians Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa 16-21, 21-19, 21-17.
Within the combined doubles competitors, third seeds Search engine marketing Seung-Jae and Chae Yu-Jung of South Korea defeated Macus Ellis and Lauren Smith of England 21-17, 21-19.
