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Patna : World No 12 Busanan Ongbamrunghphan, 24, Thailand, sent World No 20 Saina Nehwal, 30, India, packing out of Yonex Thailand Open, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1,000 Badminton tournament, at Bangkok, Thailand, defeating her in three-games in women’s singles 2nd round on January 14, 2021.
Busanan Ongbamrungphan beat Saina 21-23, 21-14, 21-16 in 68 minutes coming from behind in 2nd round to enter the QFs of the tournament. Busanan won 63 rallies in the match to 53 by Saina. Both the players won 5 consecutive points each in the match. Busanan now leads Saina 4-3 Head to Head.
Fifth Seed and reigning Olympic Champion Carolina Marin, 27, Spain, defeated World No 13 Pompawee Chochuwong, 22, Thailand, 21-8, 21-12 in 34 minutes in 2nd round to sail enter into the QFs. World No 9 An Se Young, 18, South Korea, the 7th seed, beat Sirada Roongpiboonsopit, 15, Thailand, 21-8, 21-7 in 27 minutes to reach QFs.