Nudnida Luangnam of Thailand returns the ball during the women’s singles tennis on August,21th. Luangnam defeated her compatriot Nungnadda Wannasuk 2-0 to win the gold medal.Photos by Xinhua

THAILAND collected the gold and silver medals in the women’s singles tennis on August,21th.

Nudnida Luangnam and Nungnadda Wannasuk helped the country to win its second gold medal and first silver Universiade medal on August,21th. Ksenia Lykina of Russia and Yoo Mi of South Korea took bronze.

“It felt so good to compete for the gold medal with best friends. I was very proud to win the gold medal. I think we two can make a very good pair and play in the doubles in future,” said Luangnam.

Wannasuk beat Chinese player Liu Chang in the quarterfinal and defeated last Universiade champion Lykina in the semifinal.

“It was very hard because of the strong competition and the hot weather. Although I lost to Nudnida Luangnam in the final, I still feel happy for Thailand and my performance at this year’s Universiade,” Wannasuk said.

The tennis officially ended on August,21th.

Lim Yong-kyu of South Korea and Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia won gold and silver in men’s singles, while Siarhei Betau and Alaiksander Bury of Belarus received the bronze medals on August,21th.

South Korea pocketed gold in the mixed doubles and Belarus took silver. Japan and Thailand were third. South Korea and Thailand shared the golds in the men’s and women’s tennis.

(Wang Yuanyuan)