Thai Women's Badminton Team Crushes Myanmar in Asian Team Championships

In the 2026 Asia Team Championships held in Qingdao, China, the Thai women's team, the defending runners-up, faced Myanmar in the group stage match. In the first singles match, world #16 'Cream' Busanan Ongbamrungpan defeated world #123 Thae Htar Thu Zar convincingly in two straight sets, 21-10 and 21-13, giving Thailand a 1-0 lead. In subsequent matches, 'Pink' Phichayamon Opasnipat (world #31) and 'Carrot' Pornpawee Chochuwong (world #69) also won their singles matches decisively. The women's doubles pairs continued the dominance, with 'Pat' Hatairatana Michad and 'Kus' Napaporn Tungkasathian winning their match, and the second doubles pair also securing victory. Thailand won the match 5-0, starting their campaign successfully. Their next match will be against India, the previous champions, on February 5th at 10:00 AM Thai time, with live coverage on True Sport 7.