Women’s doubles pairs move into quarters in HK

Thailand’s Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard and compatriots Jongkolphan Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai advanced to the women’s doubles quarter-finals of the BWF Hong Kong Open in Kowloon yesterday.

Fifth seeds Benyapa and Nuntakarn overcame Lui Lok Lok and Ng Wing Yung of Hong Kong 21-12, 18-21, 21-13 and will play top seeds Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara of Japan today.

Eighth seeds Jongkolphan and Rawinda also played three games before defeating Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi of Japan 21-14, 14-21, 23-21 in the last-16 match.

They will next meet Malaysian sixth seeds Tan Pearly and Thinaah Muralitharan, who eased past compatriots Cheong Ching Yik and Teoh Mei Xing 21-7, 21-10.

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