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.
