Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai will be bidding to win their first Superseries title at the US$350,000 Singapore Open today. The Chinese third seeds needed almost an hour to defeat Kim Gi-Jung and Shin Seung-Chen of South Korea 16-21, 21-17, 21-12 in the other semi-final yesterday. World No.1 Tai, who also won the All England Open last month, defeated reigning Olympic champion Marin in the title match of the Malaysia Open Superseries Premier event in Kuching last Sunday. Tai outplayed Zhang Beiwen of the US 21-19, 21-15, while Marin cruised past second seed Sung Ji-Hyun of South Korea 21-9, 21-12 in the semi-finals. Praneeth defeated Lee Dong Keun of South Korea 21-6, 21-8, while Srikanth beat Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 21-13, 21-14.

Source: Bangkok Post April 15, 2017 23:03 UTC