Thais beat Asuncions for badminton crown

Siblings Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion dished out their best game but still fell short of their gritty effort, succumbing to a power-hitting Thai pair of Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam, 18-21, 16-21, Sunday in the final of the mixed doubles event of the $120,000 Bingo Bonanza Philippine Open Badminton Championships presented by PLDT Business Solutions at the Philsports Arena.

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Sun, May 28th, 2006

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