Mixed doubles stars Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai moved into the final of the US$850,000 BWF Japan Open in Tokyo yesterday.
The second-seeded Thai pair defeated fourth seeds Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping of China 21-10, 19-21, 21-19 in 72 minutes to make it to the final of the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
They will play third seeds Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan in the title decider.
The Japanese pair upset top seeds Zheng Siwei and Haung Yaqiong of China 21-18, 21-17 in the second semi-final.
Top seed Viktor Axelsen and fifth seed Jonatan Christie will battle it out in the men's singles final.
Danish world No.1 Axelsen defeated fast-rising home star Kodai Naraoka 21-11, 21-11 in the semi-finals.
Axelsen, the men's reigning world champion and Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, is chasing his third title of the year.
Christie of Indonesia defeated Lakshya Sen of India 21-15, 13-21, 21-16 in the other semi-final.
Christie has won one title so far this year at the Indonesia Masters.
In the women's singles event, second seed An Se-Young, who is chasing her seventh title of the year, cruised past Taiwanese fourth seed Tai Tzu-ying 21-17, 21-12.
An also beat Tai in the Korea Open final last Sunday.
An will take on fifth seed He Bingjiao in the final after the Chinese star fought back after losing the first game to beat seventh seed Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia 13-21, 21-19, 21-9.
China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan moved to yet another final after they beat Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-19, 21-18 in the last four of the women's doubles event.
They will play Kim So-Yeong and Kong Hee-Yong of South Korea, who defeated another Japanese pair Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara 14-21, 21-13, 21-10, in a rematch of the Korea Open decider last Sunday, won by the Chinese.
Men's doubles duo Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin of Taiwan stunned top seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia in two games 21-19, 21-10.
They will vie for the title against home hopes Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, who beat Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi of China 21-10, 21-15.
