Pornpawee falls, Kunlavut breaks barrierKunlavut Vitidsarn reached the semi-finals of the US$1.45 million BWF All England Open for the first time but fellow Thai Pornpawee Chochuwong bowed out in the last eight stage on Friday. World No.2 Kunlavut defeated Alwi Farhan of Indonesia 21-17, 21-12 in the quarter-finals of the men's singles contest on Friday. He will face the winner of the match between France's Christo Popov, brother of Toma Popov Junior, and Taiwan's Lin Chun-yi, in the last four on Saturday. In the women's singles event, eighth seed Pornpawee lost to Chen Yufei of China 21-23, 11-21 in the last eight on Friday. Pornpawee was the last Thai player in the women's singles event after Supanida Katethong lost to another Chinese player Wang Zhiyi 19-21, 18-21 on Thursday.

Source: Bangkok Post March 07, 2026 05:23 UTC