Canada Open: Lee/Hsu Stun Top-Seeded Watanabe/Higashino
Lee Jhe-Huei and Hsu Ya Ching stormed into the YONEX Canada Open 2023 semifinals, bagging arguably the biggest result of their partnership in the process by knocking out mixed doubles first seeds Yuta Watanabe/Arisa…
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Lee Jhe-Huei and Hsu Ya Ching stormed into the YONEX Canada Open 2023 semifinals, bagging arguably the biggest result of their partnership in the process by knocking out mixed doubles first seeds Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino.
The Chinese Taipei pair, who have not qualified for an HSBC BWF World Tour last four match since losing to Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie at the 2019 Korea Open, defeated Watanabe/Higashino 21-18 26-24 in 37 minutes.
While they led the opener from interval to finish, the second game was more dramatic; the world No.47s squandered two match points at 20-18, then allowed the lead to change hands before finally pipping their Japanese opponents with three straight winners from 24-23 down.
- Lee Jhe-Huei
- Hsu Ya Ching
- Yuta Watanabe
- Arisa Igarashi
- Goh Soon Huat
- Lai Shevon Jemie
- Mathias Thyrri
- Amalie Magelund
- Yuki Kaneko
- Misaki Matsutomo
- Kodai Naraoka
- Lei Lan Xi
- Li Shi Feng
- Koki Watanabe
- Akane Yamaguchi
- Pusarla V. Sindhu
- Ratchanok Intanon
- Beiwen Zhang
- Takuro Hoki
- Yugo Kobayashi
- Akira Koga
- Taichi Saito
- Mohammad Ahsan
- Hendra Setiawan
- Lee Yang
- Wang Chi-Lin
- Nami Matsuyama
- Chiharu Shida
- Yuki Fukushima
- Sayaka Hirota
- Mayu Matsumoto
- Wakana Nagahara