Wangcharoen Causes Ripples With Cool-Headed Display
Kantaphon Wangcharoen achieved his first major semifinal today, beating China’s Huang Yu Xiang in the quarterfinals of the BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019.
· DEV SUKUMAR
It was the latest high point in the nascent career of the 20-year-old, who went a step further than he had at this event last year.
As with his first round slugfest against Kanta Tsuneyama, or his second round defeat of local favourite Anthony Ginting, Wangcharoen once again displayed his sharp attacking abilities, while keeping calm when Huang drew close at 17-18 in the second. The 20-year-old Thai quickly closed it out from there, 21-10 21-17.
“I’m very excited because this was the quarterfinals. I’m really happy with my performance today as I’m in my first major semifinal,” said the soft-spoken Thai, who has been the story of the Indonesia Open so far.