Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran defeated their Japanese opponents 2-1 to advance to the semifinals of the "China Open 2026" badminton tournament.
On 24 July 2026, at the "Victor China Open 2026," a World Tour Super 1000 badminton event held in the People's Republic of China, the mixed doubles quarterfinals featured "Bas" Dechapol Puavaranukroh and "Fem" Supissara Paewsampran, the world’s No. 4 mixed doubles pair and fourth seed, facing Japan’s Yuta Watanabe and Mayu Takahashi, ranked 26th in the world.
Previously, "Bas" Dechapol Puavaranukroh and "Fem" Supissara Paewsampran had defeated the Japanese pair in straight games during their only prior meeting earlier in 2025 at the "Indonesia Masters."
In this match, "Bas" Dechapol Puavaranukroh and "Fem" Supissara Paewsampran again played strongly to claim a thrilling 2-1 victory with scores of 21-11, 19-21, and 21-19. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes.
This win advances "Bas" Dechapol Puavaranukroh and "Fem" Supissara Paewsampran to the semifinals, where they will face the host nation’s pair—either world No. 2 Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin or world No. 6 Gao Xin Hua and Chen Fanghui.