ฺีBunyawi Beats Kijima to Reach Quarter-Finals in Hua Hin.
Teenage rising star Bunyawi Thamchaiwat powered past Mizuno Kijima of Japan 6-0 7-6 (7-3) in the second round of the US$25,000 Singha Cal-Comp & XYZ Printing ITF Women’s Circuit at the True Arena Hua Hin on Wednesday.
Bunyawi from Nakhon Ratchasima who made a big bang in her Fed Cup debut earlier this year by winning three straight rubbers used her aggressive baseline game to stamp her authority over Kijima whom she beat in straight sets in a US$25,000 event in Goyang, South Korea in May.
“I was serving well both the first and second serves. I didn’t make many errors like I did on Tuesday,” said the 518th ranked teen prodigy who is in her third quarter-final of a US$25,000 event this year.
“In the second set I was up 5-3 but she raised the level of her game. Even I returned the ball deep, she managed to hit winners on both wings. But I tried to play my game in the tie-break and I could dictate points until the end,” said Bunyawi who will line up a clash against third seed Katarzyna Kawan of Poland.
“I was training with her two days before the event. She serves so big and has good kick second serves. Even I open the court well, she hit clean winners back. I have to play solid tennis on Thursday,” said Bunyawi.
