Thai Teen Thatida Advances At ITF Junior Tennis Tour
Thai teen Thatida Hongkha rallied from a first-set loss to defeat Indonesia's Lulwa Naswardani 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the ITF Junior Tennis Tour J60 event in Nonthaburi. The 16-year-old will face fellow Thai player Pimpisa Von
The ITF Juniors World Tennis Tour J60 (2) competition took place at ALM X Impact Tennis and Sports Center in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi on June 30, 2025, during the second round of main draw matches.
Sixteen-year-old Thai rising star Thatida Hongkha, ranked 451st in junior world rankings and seeded second in the tournament, faced a scare against 17-year-old Lulwa Naswardani from Indonesia. After dropping the first set 4-6, Thatida mounted a comeback to win the next two sets and advanced with a 2-1 victory (4-6, 6-1, 6-4). She will face fellow Thai player Pimpisa Vongwanichkajorn, ranked 2449th in junior world rankings, in the third round's final 16.
Meanwhile, Thai player Rio Kotigul, ranked 676th in junior world rankings and seeded eighth, also advanced in the men's singles after defeating Japan's Takuto Nakano 2-0 (6-3, 6-4) in the second round. Rio will face South Korea's Daniel Yang, ranked 682nd and seeded ninth, in the third round.
Other Thai tennis players' results in the second round included: Women's singles—Jinnipa Trachuwanich (seeded 13) defeated Jittanan Vimuktananont 5-7, 6-0, 6-0; Rio Higashi defeated Parami Tutkaew (seeded 9) 6-4, 6-1; Chotirinn Kaewka (seeded 3) defeated Maria Uvarova 6-2, 6-1; Sarawisa Kulphalicharam (seeded 15) defeated Sofia Arpa of Malta 7-5, 6-1; Pichayaphat Srimuekh (seeded 10) defeated Ukraine's Carolina Kostiukova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Paveenun Nualnaowisit (seeded 14) defeated Warinda Leepreechananth 6-2, 6-0; Pattananthana Phuakham defeated Karin Hiramatsu (8-Australia) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; and Pimpisa Vongwanichkajorn defeated Nathaliya Shalinski (seeded 16) 6-1, 6-2. Kanokinthorn Wongphurueaksai lost to Isabella Welch (5-Australia) 0-6, 1-6; Ploychetchphon Duangkhaew lost to Misaki Yamagishi (11-Japan) 2-6, 5-7; Anyavee Paisalphanurvongse lost to Kai Nning Shannyah Ung (7-Singapore) 1-6, 3-6; Anna Sato lost to Nanayo Wada (6-Japan) 3-6, 2-6; Thanaporn Kornsila lost to Zhang Zhuoyan (4-China) 0-6, 0-6; and Mali Ongloew lost to Kae Asuma (12-Japan) 0-6, 1-6.
Men's singles: Tham Phanthrathorn (seeded 1) lost to Zhou Jingxuan of China 4-6, 6-2, 2-6; Danthai Takaong lost to Vivaan Bidasariya (14-India) 5-7, 4-6; Thamma Kosiri lost to Yosuke Hino (11-Japan) 5-7, 3-6; Thu Charumilintra lost to Huang Jian (2-China) 1-6, 1-6; and Napradt Lallai lost to Jenson Yokota-Ho (12-Australia) 0-6, 0-6.
