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The Toyota Thailand Open 2026, a BWF World Tour Super 500 badminton tournament, took place at the Nimibutr Sports Hall on May 13, 2026 in the opening round. The women's singles draw featured an all-Thai matchup between world No. 7 Mai Rachanok Inthanon and world No. 71 Thidaporn Gleebunyun. Mai Rachanok maintained her commanding form, defeating Thidaporn with a clean 2-0 victory, winning the games 21-9 and 21-18, and advancing to the second round.

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