Thailand’s blended doubles, badminton stars Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai have efficiently defended their crown in the World Tour Finals. The duo competed on Sunday in Bali after profitable the Indonesia Masters and the Indonesia Open earlier than this week’s finale. They also claimed the Hylo Open in Germany before their trip to Bali.
The Thai world number 2 pair made historical past in January after they claimed 3 straight victories in Bangkok. The victories included taking house the crown on the Yonex Thailand Open, the Toyota Thailand Open and the World Tour Finals to conclude the 2020 season.
The duo pocketed $126,000 USD after beating out Japan. Sapsiree wrote on her Instagram account that she was proud of her triple champion status.
“World Tour Finals champion !!!!! Words can not describe how happy I am to have achieved this. TRIPLE CHAMPION here in Indonesia. This means the world to me, thanks everybody for all your support!”
But, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, another Thai badminton player, was unable to win a 2nd title for Thailand in yesterday’s finals. The 20 year outdated rising star positioned 2nd after Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 12-21, 8-21 in the men’s singles deciding match. Axelsen, the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, was named the BWF’s most promising participant last Friday, as he earned his 2nd successive title in Bali in just 43 minutes. He was then additionally named the BWF’s male participant of the 12 months.
Earlier, Korean native An Se-Young secured the 2nd largest title of her career with a 21-16, 21-12 win over Pusarla V Sindhu. And, she grew to become the first Korean women’s singles participant to win a season-ending championship after claiming three back to back titles in Bali.
“It’s been a tiring 3 weeks for me. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ที่อยุ่อาศัย ’m tremendous glad to return away with three titles and I’m very pleased about it. I’m really excited about the World Championships and I’m hoping to play with none injuries.”
Kim So-Yeong and Kong Hee-Yong, of South Korea, took the women’s doubles crown whereas the men’s doubles title was awarded to Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan..