Kamalvarn and Tharspore Lead Thai Team Through Round of 16 at ITF Tennis Tournament in Nakhon Pathom
Thai players Kamalvarn Yodpetch and Tharspore Nakhla advanced to the round of 16 at the ITF W15 tennis tournament in Nakhon Pathom, with both earning dominant straight-set victories on May 12.
The ITF professional tennis tournaments—men's M15 and women's W15 divisions—kicked off their main draw on May 12, 2025, at Kasetsart University's Kamphaeng Saen campus in Nakhon Pathom, with prize purses of $15,000 USD (approximately 487,050 baht) each.
Two Thai women players advanced to represent Thailand's 2026 Billy Jean King Cup squad in the women's singles round of 32. Eighteen-year-old rising star "Bua" Kamalvarn Yodpetch, ranked 1,070 in the world, delivered a dominant performance to defeat 23-year-old Italian Chiara Di Tommaso (ITF ranking 420) with a commanding 6-0, 6-4 victory in just 68 minutes. Kamalvarn advances to the round of 16, where she will face the winner of the match between Carolann Delaney of New Caledonia (ranked 1,435) and Thai player "Omsirin" Anchisa Chantha (ranked 463, seeded 2nd).
Twenty-four-year-old "Taew" Tharspore Nakhla, the 3rd seed ranked 593 in the world, dispatched Russian teenager Ksenia Krepeninskaya (ITF ranking 1,043, entered from qualifying) in just 59 minutes, winning both sets 6-0 and 6-3. Tharspore advances to face Ekaterina Kuznetsova (ITF ranking 359) in the round of 16.
Other first-round results:
Women's Singles: Lalida Kamhom defeated Suryanshi Chekavat (India) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Thanatchaporn Yanghammed lost to Nahoo Sato (5th seed, Japan) 0-6, 3-6; Amittalay Prasuthnawin lost to Alise Serra (7th seed, New Zealand) 1-6, 0-6.
Men's Singles: Thanathip Suksamran lost to Anton Shchupp (4th seed, New Zealand) 4-6, 2-6; Komtach Kittikhoktham lost to Chung Hyeon (5th seed, South Korea) 2-6, 3-6; Credit Chaiyrin lost to Alan Macadan (6th seed, Mexico) 0-6, 0-6; James van Hersel lost to Arjun Mehrotra (Australia) 6-2, 6-7(7-9), 0-6.
Men's Doubles: Puntong Khomlumpised and Panwavej Suthisomboon defeated Piravat Sukjai and Puchis Sukjai 6-2, 6-1.
