Listen to this articleDechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran in action during their first round match on Wednesday. Since then, the two pairs have met three more times, and the Thai pair has won all of them. In their fifth meeting, the Taiwanese pair started strong in the first game, leading by a significant margin. In the second game, the Taiwanese pair extended their lead to 14-8 before the Thai pair caught up towards the end and ultimately won a 21-18 thriller. In the first day's big upset, Lee Cheuk Yiu dug deep to edge World Tour Finals 2025 champion Christo Popov in a pulsating 74-minute battle.

Source: Bangkok Post January 07, 2026 23:15 UTC