Badminton News: The strong Thai team managed to win the second game of Group B in the most prestigious team championship in the world, the Sudirman Cup 2023 which took place in Suzhou, China, by defeating the champion Pan Am Canada with a final score of 4-1.
In the first mixed doubles match, the Supak Jomkoh/Supissara Paewsampran pair performed well in their duties to lead their team to win 1-0 beating Canadian representatives, Ty Alexander Lindeman/Josephine Wu in two straight matches with a score of 21-16 and 21-12 in a single game, 29 minutes.
However, Canada managed to tie it at 1-1 thanks to their men’s singles, Brian Yang who successfully beat Thailand’s representative, Kantaphon Wangcharoen in two close matches in a row with a score of 21-17, 22-20. .
Michelli Li, who excelled in the tiebreak, failed to lead Canada to the lead when she surrendered to former world champion Ratchanok Intanon through a close battle with the score at 21-14 , 18-21 and 22-20 in 1 hour and 8 min.
The impromptu pair Kittinupong Kedren / Dechapol Puavaranukroh then took the White Elephant team to make it 3-1 after beating Canadian men’s doubles, Dong Adam (Xingyu) / Nyl Yakura in straight matches 21-19, 21- 8.
Meanwhile, in the final women’s doubles match, Benyapa Aimsaard / Nuntakarn Aimsaard managed to add to the score at 4-1 against Canada thanks to the victory over Catherine Choi / Josephine Wu in consecutive matches 21-5 21-14 .
Moreover, Thailand will face Indonesia on Thursday (18/5) to determine the position of the 2023 Sudirman Cup Group B winner.
Article Tags: Thailand, Canada, Indonesia, 2023 Sudirman Cup
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