Akita-Gao Set Final Showdown in Hua Hin Women's Circuit
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Top seed Shiho Akita of Japan lived up to her seeded reached back-to-back ITF finals as she beat Noppawan Leertcheewakarn 6-4 6-1 in the US$25,000 Singha Cal-Camp & XYZ Printing ITF Women’s Circuit at True Arena Hua Hin on Friday.
Circuit at True Arena Hua Hin on Friday.
The world No 301 used her aggressive groundstrokes to subdue the Thai in one hour a 30 minutes for her second US$25,000 ITF event after winning in Noto a few weeks ago.
The 26-year-old Akita whose main weapon is the forehand side will face Chinese teenager Gao Xinyu who upset third seeded Katarzyna Kawa of Poland 6-1 6-3 in just 74 minutes.
Gao, the 18-year-old world No 462 is in her first US$25,000 event final. She has yet to have a singles trophy this season after winning two US$10,000 events last year.
In the doubles finals, top pair Laura Pigossi of Brazil and Yana Sizikova of Russia beat Chinese Wei Zhanlan and Zhao Qiangqian 6-4 2-6 10-4.
