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Thai duo strike gold in India

Thai duo strike gold in India

BADMINTON: Mixed doubles pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran claimed their first title of the year and eighth overall after winning the US$950,000 (B30 million) BWF India Open in New Delhi yesterday (Jan 18).

Badminton
By Bangkok Post

Monday 19 January 2026 12:19 PM


Gold medallists Dechapol Puavaranukroh (left) and Supissara Paewsampran pose during the awards ceremony after winning their mixed doubles final match at the India Open 2026 badminton tournament in New Delhi yesterday. Photo: AFP

Gold medallists Dechapol Puavaranukroh (left) and Supissara Paewsampran pose during the awards ceremony after winning their mixed doubles final match at the India Open 2026 badminton tournament in New Delhi yesterday. Photo: AFP

The third-seeded Thai pair, who were named the Mixed Doubles Pair of the Year in 2025, defeated Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje 19-21, 25-23, 21-18 in 82 minutes to claim the gold medal, reports the Bangkok Post.

The Delhi win was their third Super 750 crown after the Singapore Open and the China Masters in 2025. They reached the quarter-finals in the season-opening Malaysia Open a Super 1000 event.

Dechapol and Supissara, who took home $70,300, now hold a 2-0 record against the Danish duo. They won their first meeting at the French Open semi-finals last year, also in three games.

The 12th ranked Christiansen and Boje upset China’s world No.2 Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Earlier, world No.1 and reigning Olympic champion An Se-Young continued her perfect start to the season with her second title in two weeks.

The Korean star defeated China’s Wang Zhiyi again, cruising to her 21-13, 21-11 victory in 43 minutes to retain her India Open title. It was her 36th World Tour crown.

An also beat Wang, the world No.2, in the final of the season-opening 2026 Malaysia Open, and seven other finals in last year.

An hasn’t lost a match since the 2025 Denmark Open in October and is on a 30-match winning streak.

Earlier, Chinese world champions Tan Ning and Liu Shengshu also sealed back-to-back titles after winning the women’s doubles crown.

They defeated Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto 21-11, 21-18 for their 16th World Tour title.

Lin Chun-yi was crowned the men’s singles champion after the Taiwanese player defeated third seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia 21-10, 21-18.

Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang took the men’s doubles title, rallying to beat Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita 17-21, 25-23, 21-16.