Beach Tennis or Beach Tennis World Championships, team type (including men and women), ITF Beach Tennis World Cup 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the night of November 13, 2022. On the last day, the Thai national team competed for 13th place with the South African national team.
Opening with women’s doubles, Prakaikan Sawisit and Nikarat Wateenukit of Thailand lost the first set 5-7 before setting up a new fight. Until turning back to win the pair of Tamara Peters and Kyla Yelverton narrowly 2-1, set 5-7, 6-4 and a super tie break 11-9, collecting points for the Thai team to lead 1- 0 pairs
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Men’s doubles: Netiwit Pengwanna and Oran Tangwongkit fight with Ryan Brookshaw and Raynard Steenkamp in 3 sets, having to fight with a super tie-break to decide And finally, it was a pair of Thais who lost 1-2, set 7-5, 0-6 and a super tie-break 4-10, resulting in South Africa getting a point to equalize with the Thai team 1-1.
While in the mixed doubles category, Prakaikan Sawisit and Leklamat Harrison, once morest the performance of Tamara Peters and Raynard Steenkamp, lost 0-2 set 4-6. and 1-6, as a result, the Thai national team lost 1-2 to the South African national team and won 14th place in the world.
Summary of all ranking matches as follows: 1st-2nd place Italy beat Brazil 2-1 pair, 3-4th place Venezuela beat Spain 2-1 pair, 5th-6th place France beat Germany 2-0 pair, 7th place -8 Latvia beat Puerto Rico 2-1, 9-10 Japan beat Chile 2-1, 11-12 USA beat Poland 2-0, 13-14 South Africa beat Thailand 2-1 pair and 15-16 Portugal beat Curacao 2-0 pair.
“Coach Ek” Mr. Piyathat Surasewi, coach of the Thai national beach tennis team, revealed that in 2018, the Thai team ranked 20th in the world, therefore aiming for this competition in the year 2022 to be ranked. Better than before, getting 14th place to win, considered a result that meets the goal He spoke to the organizer of the competition. Which is pleased to invite the Thai team to join the competition next year If the Thai team can still maintain a good ranking or world ranking especially at the youth level In which one of the athletes who come to this competition can enter the youth level. When he returned, he had to continue to improve his technique, tactics and good play.
“At this time, I would like to commend all athletes who have discipline and fight to the fullest in every match. causing the Thai team to achieve their goals Including thanking the supporters of traveling to this competition, both PTT or PTT and the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand. That gives us the opportunity to compete in such a great program, ”said Mr. Piyathat.
Incidentally, this Thai national beach tennis team consists of 3 male athletes, Oran Tangwongkit, Leklamat Harrison, Netiwit Pengwanna and 3 females, Nikarat Wateenukit, Prakai. Kan Sawisit, Mayuree Hanmontri, with “Coach Ek” Mr. Piyathat Surasewi as a trainer and Mr. Wanchana Puranawattanakul acting as a sports scientist.
