Pornpawee Chochuwong advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals of the US$500,000 (approximately 16,350,000 baht) BWF Australian Open in Sydney on Friday, while mixed doubles pair Ruttanapak Oupthong and Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat also made it through to the last four.
Second seed Pornpawee, who is chasing her first title since the 2025 Thailand Masters, defeated Huang Yu-hsun of Taiwan 21-15, 21-15 to set up a semi-final clash with fourth seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan at the Super 500 tournament.
Top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and third seed Pusarla V Sindhu of India will square off in the other semi-final match on Saturday.
Mixed doubles third seeds Ruttanapak and Jhenicha advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Chan Yin Chak and Ng Tsz Yau of Hong Kong 21-15, 21-19. They will play second seeds Guo Xinwa and Chen Fanghui of China next.
In the men’s singles event, third seed Alwi Farhan and Jason Gunawan, both from Indonesia, progressed.
A day after knocking out top seed Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan, unseeded Dong Tianyao of China continued his impressive run with a 22-20, 21-19 win over Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong. He will next play Indonesian Moh Zaki Ubaidillah, who ousted Justin Hoh of Malaysia 21-7, 21-13.