If you give her easy ball, she will whip back real hard from the forehand side," said Noppawan in her second US$25,000 level semi-final this year. "I wanted to show good results at home but instead it put me under pressure and couldn't play my game. I have to be really solid and stay aggressive," Noppawan added.The Japanese top seed Akita beat Chinese Gai Ao 6-3 6-3 to continue her winning streaks to 8-0 this month. The 26-year-old is in pursuit for her second ITF US$25,000 event win in 2016 after the victory in Noto earlier this month. Kawan will play Chinese Gao Xinyu who stemmed the run of local qualifier Plobrung by using her powerful baseline game to beat the Thai 6-1 6-3 in one hour and 35 minutes.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 22, 2016 23:37 UTC