Kittipong and Chompoothip Win Singha TATP Titles
Second-seeded Kittipong Wachiramanwong and unfancied Chompoothip Jandakate won the men’s and women’s singles of the BT500,000 Singha TATP Championship third circuit at the Impact Tennis Academy on Sunday.
Kittipong came back from a lapse of concentration in the second set to upset top seed and Thai No 1 Pruchya Isarow 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-4 for the winner’s prize money of BT40,000, leaving Pruchya, last week’s Hat Yai champion, to be content with the runner-up’s prize money of BT25,000.
“I’m happy to win this title because I had to skip the first two circuits earlier. I had to give credit for Pruhcya for putting up a great fight. He beat me in a Challenger two years ago, so this is a good revenge,” said the 26-year-old Kittipong.
Chompoothip, 20, relied on her attacking baseline game to upset second seeded Varaunya Wongteanhcai 6-4 6-4.
“I came onto the court feeling a bit relaxed as winning or losing was fine for me. We are close friends, so if she won, I would be happy for her,” said the 20-year-old fourth seeded Chompoothip.
“But when I was on court I was quite nervous because of the cameras. My legs were shaking. But I tried to remain focused and kept hitting the ball,” said Chompoothip who would go home BT300,000 richer due to the winning prize money.
