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Doubles title a bright spot for Thais

Doubles title a bright spot for Thais

Dechapol, Sapsiree live up to their billing

Dechapol Puavaranukroh, left, and Sapsiree Taerattanachai pose with their mixed doubles gold medals and trophies.

Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai claimed their maiden BWF World Tour Super 1000 title after winning the US$1 million Yonex Thailand Open at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, yesterday.

The top-seeded world No.3 pair defeated arch-rivals Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti of Indonesia in the mixed doubles final 21-3, 20-22, 21-18 in just under an hour, avenging their loss in the 2020 All England Open final last year.

It was the pair’s fifth career title after their triumphs in the 2017 Swiss Open (a Grand Prix Gold event), the 2019 Macau…

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