Kasidis pairs with Pawich to upset top-seeded doubles team in ITF tennis semifinals
Thai doubles players Kasidis Samrutsai and Pawich Sanlauksang upset the top-seeded team to reach the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour final at Kasetsart University in Nakhon Pathom. Defending champion Patcharin Cheepchanjaed advanced in women's
The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour M25 and Women's World Tennis Tour W15 tournaments with prize purses of $30,000 (approximately 974,700 baht) and $15,000 (approximately 487,350 baht) respectively were held at Kasetsart University's Kamphaeng Saen campus in Nakhon Pathom on May 8, 2025, in the fourth day of the main draw.
In the men's doubles semifinals, young Thai players "Boom" Kasidis Samrutsai and "Dragonfly" Pawich Sanlauksang fought hard and managed to defeat the tournament's top-seeded pair, Charles Barry of Ireland and Joshua Charlton of Australia, winning in straight sets 7-6 (tiebreak 7-3) and 6-4. They advanced to the final to face Jesse Delaney of Australia and Yamato Sueoka of Japan, the second-seeded pair.
Meanwhile, Thai women's tennis players "Eve" Patcharin Cheepchanjaed and "Buoy" Kamalvaran Yodpetch secured victories in the women's singles category. In the semifinal, Patcharin, who is the defending champion from the previous week, ranked 1st seed and 452nd in the world, spent nearly two hours defeating Japan's Naho Sato (6th seed, 727th in the world) in straight sets 7-6 (tiebreak 7-4) and 7-5 to advance to the final against Erika Sema of Japan (4th seed, 631st in the world).
Kamalvaran, ranked 1,067th in the world, had to battle three sets against South Korea's I Kyeong-so, the defending champion from the previous week (595th ITF ranking). After winning the first set, Kamalvaran lost the second but dominated the decisive third set, winning 2-1 with scores of 6-0, 4-6, and 6-3 in 1 hour 35 minutes, advancing to face Liu Yuhan of China (1,010th in the world).
Other match results: Women's Singles Semifinals: Erika Sema (4-Japan) defeated Monique Barry (7-New Zealand) 6-4, 6-1; Liu Yuhan (China) defeated Im Heeram (South Korea) 6-2, 6-0
Men's Singles Semifinals: Mitsuki Wei Kang Liong (Malaysia) defeated S.D. Prajwal Dev (India) 6-1, 6-3; Moerrani Butsidis (3-Australia) defeated Taiyo Yamanaka (Japan) 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2; Matthew Dellavedova (4-Australia) defeated Masami Imamura (5-Japan) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1; Takuya Kumasaka (7-Japan) defeated Cruz Hewitt (Australia) 7-5, 6-1
Men's Doubles Semifinals: Jesse Delaney-Yamato Sueoka (2-Australia/Japan) defeated Francis Kesy Alcantara-Colin Sinclair (Philippines/Northern Mariana) 6-2, 6-3
Women's Doubles Semifinals: Anchalee Chanthla-Taraspon Nakhlor (3) defeated Lalda Kamhom-Pimmaida Thongkam 6-2, 7-5
