2024 Denmark Open: Pang Ron, Su Yin advance to last 16
The 2024 Denmark Open shows Hoo Pang Ron and Cheng Su Yin advance to the last 16 after mixed doubles action on Wednesday.
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2024 DENMARK OPEN: PANG RON, SU YIN TOPPLE JAPANESE FOES
The 2024 Denmark Open showed Pang Ron and Su Yin topple their Japanese counterparts Yuta Watanabe and Maya Taguchi, 21-14, 21-17.
Furthermore, Malaysia’s world No.27 pair withstood the threat of the newly formed Japanese mixed doubles tandem in Odensk.
Moreover, Pang Ron said better communication with his partner and consistency were vital to their victory.
“They (Watanabe and Taguchi) are still new, and our communication and combination were better than theirs,” Pang Ron said.
“Our consistency was likely the key factor,” he added.
WATANABE PLAYING WITH TAGUCHI FOR FIRT TIME AFTER SPLIT FROM HIGASHINO
Moreover, Watanabe is playing with Taguchi for the first time after his split from Arisha Higashino.
Furthermore, the Watanabe-Higashino tandem previously claimed two Olympic bronze medals.
The win enabled the Pang Ron-Su Yin duo to resume their quest to reach their fifth-straight World Tour quarterfinals.
Additionally, the Malaysian tandem advanced to the semifinals of the Macau Open last month.
They will next face No.2 seed Jiang Zhen Ban and Wei Ya Xin of China in the next round.
INDIA’S WOMEN’S, MIXED DOUBLES PAIRS GET EARLY EXT IN ODENSK
Furthermore, India’s women and mixed doubles pairs got the early exit in Odensk.
Moreover, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost to Malaysian tandem Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah, 21-19, 17-21, 15-21.
Treesa and Gayatri won the opening set, but luck ran out for them in the next two sets.
Malaysia’s No.5 seeds gained a new lease of life by forcing a deciding set to come out ahead of the match that lasted for over an hour.
In another mixed doubles matchup, B. Summeth Reddy and N. Sikki Reddy absorbed a 22-20, 19-21, 22-24 setback to Kevin Lee and Eliana Zhang.
The Canadian duo unleashed their games particularly in the decider to come out triumphant over the Indian tandem that ran for one hour and two minutes.
