Mixed doubles pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran stayed on course to win their fifth title of the year after reaching the semi-finals of the US$475,000 (approx 15.2 million baht) BWF Arctic Open in Finland on Friday.
The Thais took just 34 minutes to defeat Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai of Malaysia 21-12, 21-14 in the quarter-finals of the World Tour Super 500 event at the Vantaan Energia Areena.
They will play world No.2 pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping in the semis after the Chinese duo rallied to defeat Lu Ming-che and Hung En-tzu of Taiwan in three games, 18-21, 21-8, 21-11 on Friday,
Dechapol and Supissara won the China Masters last month, becoming the first non-Chinese players to win the mixed doubles crown at the Shenzhen tournament since its inception in 2005.
Several other Thai players remain in the mix, with Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Ratchanok Intanon and Busanan Ongbamrungphan due to play their last-eight matches later on Friday.
Another mixed pair, Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai, were also due to play later on Friday,