Pornpawee captures 2nd World Tour title in Basel

The Thai sixth seed defeated Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 21-16, 21-18 in the 47-minute title match of the World Tour Super 300 event at St Jakobshalle in Basel.

World No.11 Pornpawee beat Gregoria Tunjung 18-21, 21-13, 21-17 while the 23^rd ranked Blichfeldt edged Zhang Beiwen of the United States 19-21, 21-19, 21-18 in the semi-finals on Saturday.

It was the 25-year-old Pornpawee’s second World Tour title, with her first coming at the 2020 Spain Masters, also a Super 300 event.

Earlier, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India defeated Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang of China 21-19, 24-22 in the men’s doubles final.

Rena Miyaura and Ayako Sakuramoto were crowned women’s doubles champions following a walkover win over Japanese compatriots Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.

Koki Watanabe of Japan defeated malaysian 3^rd seed Chou Tien-chen 22-20, 18-21, 21-12 while China’s Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin beat Malaysian pair Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai 21-17, 19-21, 21-17 in the mixed doubles final.