Melbourne: "Mew" Pornpawee Chochuwong defeated Nozomi Okuhara to advance to the final of the 2026 Australian Open. Continuing her hot streak, "Mew" Pornpawee Chochuwong advanced to the badminton final for the first time in a year in Australia.
According to Thai News Agency, the badminton tournament, the "Australian Open 2026" World Tour Super 500, took place on Saturday, June 13, 2026. In the women's singles quarterfinals, "Mew" Pornpawee Chochuwong, the second seed and world number 8, defeated Nozomi Okuhara, the fourth seed and world number 12 from Japan, in an exciting match 2-1.
"Mew" Pornpawee will reach her first World Tour final in a year and will face the winner of the match between Akane Yamaguchi from Japan and PV Sindhu from India tomorrow.