Four Thai Juniors Reach Main Draw at ITF J60 Nonthaburi
The article reports that four Thai junior tennis players qualified for the main draw at the ITF J60 tournament in Nonthaburi. Key details: Piriya Thapanan won girls' qualifying; Warameth Boonphung, Thanathorn Thawatchamongkol, Thatchawatch
The International Tennis Federation (ITF), together with the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage and the ALM X Impact Tennis and Sport Centre, hosted the fourth week of the ITF Junior World Tennis Tour J60 (4) at the ALM X Impact Tennis and Sport Centre in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, on October 25, 2026, marking the final day of qualifying.
Thai player Piriya Thapanan, 16, booked her place in the girls' singles main draw after a strong performance to beat 18-year-old Hayley Subidey from Great Britain in the final qualifying round. Piriya won 2-1 in sets with scores of 6-4, 4-6 and a super tie-break 10-2.
On the boys' side, Warameth Boonphung also advanced to the main draw after competing in the boys' singles final qualifying round, defeating second-seeded qualifying player Atit Khettra from Laos in two tie-break sets, winning 7-6 (7-5) and 7-6 (8-6).
Other qualifying results: Girls' singles final qualifying: Amita Yingwiriyakul lost to Taisia Korotchenko (seed 2) 2-6, 4-6; Anatta Huadcharoen lost to Maria Grinchtein 0-6, 3-6; Pathitera Tanpipat retired trailing 2-6 against Wang Shuefei (China) due to an arm injury; Olivia Lee Jing Han (seed 1, China) defeated Anuradha Chyamraj (India); Jiho Shiraishi (seed 3, Japan) beat Ye Penelope Wan (Hong Kong) 6-0, 6-4. Boys' singles final qualifying: Thanathorn Thawatchamongkol (seed 5) beat Alexander Kuzichev (seed 10) 6-2, 6-1; Thatchawatch Yibinsoi (seed 4) beat Phaphangkorn Boonrit (seed 8) 6-1, 6-4; Warisroj Loetbandanawong (seed 3) beat Alexander Karkov (seed 7, Australia) 6-4, 7-5; Aphiwat Khruawan lost to Ko Heng Kevin Leung (Hong Kong) 3-6, 3-6; Faro Goowitthawatchai lost to Rohan Srivanth Harikaran (seed 1, India) 2-6, 2-6.
These results gave Thailand a total of four players in the main draw: one in girls' singles (Piriya Thapanan) and three in boys' singles (Warameth Boonphung, Thanathorn Thawatchamongkol, Thatchawatch Yibinsoi, and Warisroj Loetbandanawong).
