Ratchanok, Pornpawee reach last 8

Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong advanced to the quarter-finals of the US$420,000 Indonesia Masters in Jakarta yesterday.

Fifth seed Ratchanok needed three games to overcome Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 17-21, 21-11 in the round of 16 of the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.

Ratchanok, who won the tournament in 2020, will play third seed An Se-Young, who won the India Open on Sunday.

An had to rally from a game down to defeat Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia 18-21, 21-7, 21-10.

Pornpawee also found it tough against Zhang Beiwen before edging past the US player 13-21, 21-16, 21-19. She will play sixth seed Wang Zhiyi of China in the last eight today.

Another Thai hope Busanan Ongbamrungphan bowed out after losing to Carolina Marin of Spain 21-19, 21-13.

In the women’s doubles event, Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai also progressed to the…