PUBLISHED : 17 Sep 2023 at 04:00
Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard bowed out in the semi-finals of the US$420,000 Hong Kong Open in Kowloon yesterday.
The fifth seeded Thai pair lost to sixth seeds Tan Pearly and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia 21-13, 21-18 in the last four of the World Tour Super 500 event.
In the other half, seventh seeds Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia defeated Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygysen of Denmark 21-16, 23-21 to set up a showdown with the Malaysian pair.
In the women’s singles semi-finals, top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan went through to the final after battling past fifth seed Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia 21-17, 23-25, 21-18.
World No.2 Yamaguchi, who is…
