Sudket and Saralee ease into China final
BADMINTON] A Herculean task awaits Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam in the mixed-doubles final of the China Open Super Series in Guangzhou.
Published on November 25, 2007
[They will face world champions Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir from Indonesia today.
In the semi-finals yesterday, the unseeded Thai duo defeated the host pairing of Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen 21-16 21-17.
The Thais, runners-up in the Singapore Super and semi-finalists in Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold and the Denmark Super Series, took 42 minutes to get the better of their Chinese opponents. They also performed superbly in the quarter-finals on Friday, when they beat world No 1 and top seeds Zheng Bo and Gao Ling from China.
Earlier, two-time world champions Nova and Liliyana tamed third seeds Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms from England 21-19 21-15 in just
36 minutes, for a place in the final.
Nova and Liliyana can prove to be a tough nut to crack for the Thai tandem.
Sudket and Saralee have lost seven of their eight encounters against the fancied Indo-nesians, with the only victory coming in the quarter-finals of the recent Denmark Super Series.
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