Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai are chasing their third title of the year after booking their berth in the mixed doubles final of the US$750,000 BWF Japan Open in Osaka on Saturday.
The second-seeded pair defeated Tokyo Olympic champions Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China 21-18, 21-18 in the semi-finals of the World Tour Super 750 event.
Top-ranked Dechapol and Sapsiree are in their fifth final of the year. They won the German Open and the Singapore Open and finished runners-up at the Thailand Open and Malaysia Open.
They will…
