World No.7 goes down fighting to Spain's Marin in Malaysia Open last 8Ratchanok Intanon's hopes of retaining her Malaysia Open title ended yesterday at the hands of Spanish rival Carolina Marin. It was Marin's only second win over Ratchanok in seven meetings. In the mixed doubles, Dechapol and Sapsiree Taerattanachai crashed out to fourth seeds Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong of China 16-21, 17-21. Wong Wing Ki received a bye to the last four after third seed Chen Long of China pulled out. In the women's doubles, fifth seeds Chang Ye-Na and Lee So-Hee of South Korea advanced with a 12-21, 21-15, 21-14 win over Denmark's second seeds Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen.

Source: Bangkok Post April 07, 2017 21:33 UTC