Thailand Open Super 500: Kiran George registers another big win, defeats China’s Weng Hong Yang

India’s Kiran George continued his brilliant run at the Thailand Open Super 500 as he followed up his win over world No 9 Shi Yu Qi on Wednesday to down Malaysia Masters finalist from last week Weng Hong Yang on Thursday and reached the quarterfinals in Bangkok.

George, who had won the Odisha Open Super 100 last year, reached the quarterfinals at a BWF World Tour Super 500 event for the first time.

In the round of 16, George defeated world No 26 Weng straight games 21-11, 21-19. The Indian, ranked 59th in the world, went from 12-10 to 21-11 on a superb run of points in the opening game to take the lead in the match. In the second game, a topsy-turvy affair, he trailed 10-11 at the mid-game interval. But from the break, he opened up a 15-12 lead before Weng fought back to close the gap down at 16-16. From 19-19, George pulled ahead to close the match out in 39 minutes.

On Wednesday, George had claimed the biggest win of his career yet after beating China’s world No 9 Yu Qi, also in straight games.

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