Bunyawi Demolishes Supapitch in ITF Hua Hin Circuit 5
Second seed Bunyawi Thamchaiwat wasted just one game in her 6-1 6-0 demolition over wildcard holder Supapitch Kuearum in the US$10,000 Cal-Comp & XYZ Printing ITF Pro Circuit 5 at True Arena Huahin on Monday.
Bunyawi dictated play with her superior groundstrokes to win the match in just 55 minutes, salvaging her pride from the first round exit caused by Cambodian up-and-coming player Andrea Ka in circuit 4 last week.
“I was quite satisfied with every aspect of my game today. It was such a good recovery from last week where I felt so tired because of overtraining,” added the 18-year-old from Nakhon Ratchasima, winner of Circuit 3 in October.
“I made a wrong decision by spending too many hours a day training. By Saturday and Friday (last week), I became exhausted and didn’t have much energy in the first round match of Circuit 4. So I shortened my training programme and feel so much stronger this week.”
Bunyawi will next take on Japanese qualifier Yukina Saigo who moved to round two following the retirement of Thai rising star Plobrung Plipuech. The latter suffered knee injuries on both knee and called it a day after trailing 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 1-4 after two hours and 57 minutes.
Top seed Hsu Chieh-Yu of Taiwan beat Yinglak Jittakoat 6-1 6-1. Japanese Mai Hontama beat Natasha Palha of India 6-2 6-2.
On Tuesday, fourth seed Kamonwan Buayam will set up the day’s highlight match against Ka, the Cambodian who grew up in France. Last week’s runner-up Nudnida Luangnam will play South Korean Kim Dabin while Varunya Wongteanchai meets Jessy Rompies of Indonesia.
