Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En-Tzu were the highest seeds to exit the Thailand Open badminton championships at the Nimibutr Stadium.
The Taiwanese second seeds were forced to retire injured, trailing 15-21, 3-14 to China’s Bao Lijing-Cao Zihan in the women’s doubles first round.
Malaysia’s Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting, the seventh seeds, also bowed out after a 69-minute encounter against Isyana Syahira Meida-Rinjani Kwinnara Nastine of Indonesia.
The Indonesian pair picked up their third win over the Malaysian duo in five meetings. The 16-21, 21-14, 21-14 win was also their third successive win over Xin Yee-Ting.
Japan’s fifth seeded duo Kaho Osawa-Mai Tanabe were also packed off in the opening round. They were beaten 12-21, 21-18, 15-21 by Chinese-Taipei’s Lui Lok Lok in a match that lasted 82-minutes. It was sweet revenge for the Taiwanese duo, who were beaten by Osawa-Tanabe in their only previous meeting at the All-England Open earlier this year.
In the men’s doubles, the newly forged Malaysian pairing of Chia Weijie-Teo Ee Yi sprang a surprise as they came back from losing the opening game to defeat Indonesia’s eighth seeded Muhammad Rian Ardianto-Rahmat Hidayat 20-22, 21-19, 21-11.
Seventh seeded Hariharan Amsakarunan-M.R. Arjun of India were also shown the exit in the opening round. The pair were beaten 18-21, 20-22 by Taiwan’s Chen Zhi Ray-Lin Yu Chieh.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
THAILAND OPEN
MEN’S DOUBLES:
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty bt Muh Putra Erwiansyah-Bagas Maulana (Ina) 21-19, 21-23, 21-10; Huang Di-Liu Yang (Chn) bt Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn-Worrapol Thongsa-Nga (Tha) 21-15, 21-8; Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul (Tha) bt Julien Maio-William Villeger (Fra) 22-20, 21-16; Takumi Nomura-Yuichi Shimogami (Jpn) bt Wesley Koh Eng Keat-Junsuke Kubo (Sgp) 21-18, 21-13; Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin (Ina) bt Lai Po Yu-Tsai Fu Cheng (Tpe) 21-9, 21-8; Hu Keyuan-Lin Xiangyi (Chn) bt Low Hang Yee-Ng Eng Cheong (Mas) 21-9, 21-14; Bryan Jeremy Goonting-Muhammad Haikal (Mas) bt Hung Kuei Chun-Lui Chun Wai (Hkg) 22-20, 21-13; Chia Weiji-Teo Ee Yi (Mas) bt Muhammad Rian Ardianto-Rahmat Hidayat (Ina) 20-22, 21-19, 21-11; Chen Zhi Ray-Lin Yu Chieh (Tpe) bt Hariharan Amsakarunan-M.R. Arjun (Ind) 21-18, 22-20; Xie Haonan-Zeng Weihan (Chn) bt Jiri Kraal-Ondrej Kral (Cze) 21-17, 18-21, 21-10; Chen Cheng Kuan-Liu Kuang Heng (Tpe) bt He Zhi-Wei-Huang Jui-Hsuan (Tpe) 21-16, 21-11; Nur Mohd Aziryn Ayub Azriyn-Tan Wee Kiong (Mas) bt Alexander Dunn-Adam Pringle (Sco) 21-11, 21-15
WOMEN’S DOUBLES:
Hu Ling Fang-Jheng Yu Chieh (Tpe) bt Julie MacPherson-Clara Torrance (Sco) 21-16, 21-18; Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara (Jpn) bt Tidapron Kleebyeesun-Nattamon Laisuan (Tha) 21-17, 21-6; Yeung Nga Ting-Yeung Pui Lam (Hkg) bt Phattharin Aiamvareesrisakul-Sarisa Janpeng (Tha) 21-11, 21-18; Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi (Jpn) bt Lauren Lam-Allison Quynh Lee (USA) 21-14, 21-12; Yi En Hsieh-Teng Chun Hsun (Tpe) bt Lanny Tria Mayasari-Apriyani Rahayu (Ina) 21-17, 12-21, 21-18; Lin Chih-Chun-Yang Chu Yun (Tpe) bt Rutaparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda (Ind) 21-9, 21-11; Hinata Suzuki-Nao Yamakita (Jpn) bt Chong Jie Yu-Vanesa Ng (Mas) 21-16, 21-17; Chen Fan Shutian-Luo Xumin (Chn) bt Yan Fei Chen-Liang Ching Sun (Tpe) 21-17, 21-10; Bao Lijing-Cao Zihan (Chn) bt Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En-Tau (Tpe) 21-15, 14-3 rtd; Isyana Syahira Meida-Rinjani Kwinnara Nastine (Ina) bt Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting (Mas) 16-21, 21-14, 21-14; Lui Lok Lok-Tsang Hiu Yan (Hkg) bt Kaho Osawa-Mai Tanabe (Jpn) 21-12, 18-21, 21-15; Hsu Ya Ching-sung Yu-Hsuan (Tpe) bt Fan Ka Yan-Yau Mau Ying (Hkg) 22-20, 21-12
