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Bass-Fame showcased excellent form to decisively defeat the Japanese pair and advance to the semifinals of the Victor China Open 2026, a World Tour Super 1000 badminton tournament held in China on July 24, 2025. The Thai mixed doubles pair Bas Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Fame Supissara Paewsampran, ranked fourth globally, faced Japan's Yuta Watanabe and Maya Takuchi, ranked 26th, in a quarterfinal encounter.

Bass-Fame dominated the quarterfinal match with a convincing 2-1 victory over their Japanese opponents. The Thai pair won with set scores of 21-11, 19-21, and 21-19 in one hour and three minutes, securing their place in the semifinals against China's top-ranked mixed doubles pair of Jiang Zheng Pang and Wei Ya Xin (ranked 2nd) and Gao Xin Hua and Chen Fang Hui (ranked 6th).

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