Game over for Mai at Wimbledon
The journey of Thai rising star Mai Napatt Nirundorn at Wimbledon was over after the sixteen-year-old girl crashed out in the girls’s singles third round on Wednesday.
Mai was overpowered by Elsa Jacquemot of France 5-7 0-6 despite serving for the opening set 5-4. The Thai girl was bombarded with heavy groundstrokes from the 35th-ranked opponent and lost nine games in a row.
Her third round appearance at the All England Club is the best effort by a Thai in the grass Major this year.
Born in the US, Mai is a daughter of Pimpisamai Kansuthi, a former Asian Games player along with Tamarine Tanasugarn in the Hiroshima Games back in 1994. She moved to Thailand three years ago to pursue a tennis career.
Her younger brother Tanapat is also a junior tennis player.
