ITF Phuket Results: Day 3
PHUKET: Wildcard entry Kamonwan Buayam from Thailand caused the biggest shock of the third day’s action at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on April 17, defeating number two seed, Australian Olivia Rogowska.
Olivia won the first set 6:2 but Kamonwan fought back to claim the second set 7:6, winning the tie breaker 7:2. The unknown Kamonwan then won the third and final set 6:2. The Thai player, who has no ITF ranking, plays her quarterfinal match today.
“I was so satisfied with the result today” said Kamonwan. “It was a very close match and that win in the second set helped to boost my confidence to win the third set and the match” she said.
Results ( Wednesday, April 24 – 2nd round )
- Luksika KUMKHUM ( THA ) beat Akiko OMAE ( JPN ) 7:6 ( 4 ), 6:3
- Peangtarn PLIPUECH ( THA ) beat Martina BORECKA ( CZE ) 7:5, 6:4
- Alison BAI ( AUS ) beat Chinami OGI ( JPN ) 6:3, 6:2
- Zuzana ZLOCHOVA beat Nungnadda WANNASUK ( THA ) 6:0, 6:2
- Naomi BROADY beat Zi Yang ( CHN ) 6:2, 6:4
- Lisa WHYBOURN ( GBR ) beat Doroteja ERIC ( SRB ) 6:2, 4:6, 6:2
- Kamonwan BUAYAM ( THA ) Olivia ROGOWSKA ( AUS ) 2:6, 7:6, 6:2
- Melanie KLAFFNER ( AUT ) Nudnida LUANGNAM ( THA ) 6:2, 6:2
The 2013 ITF round consists of two consecutive women’s tournaments from April 20 to April 27 and April 27 to May 4.
The event is proudly sponsored by the Phuket Gazette, PGTV and ‘Phuket Today’, the island’s only national television show.
