Young gun Kittipong Wachiramanowong scored a scintillating 6-4 6-4 win over New Zealand's Daniel King-Turner 6-4 6-4 in the Thailand Open qualifying round at the Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani yesterday.

The 22-year-old Kittipong, ranked No 594 on the ATP list, had a daunting task in his first qualifying round against No 383 King-Turner, whose best singles results were quarter-final appearances in the 2005 Futures in the US and Japan.

King-Turner, 28, came out firing, hitting six ace serves yesterday, but his game was riddled with unforced mistakes and a couple of double faults, which cost him dearly. The Thai fared better with his hard pinpoint groundstrokes and returns, making life difficult for the Kiwi. King-Turner eventually succumbed and made an early exit.

Today, Kittipong goes up against Japan's Hiroki Moriya in his second qualifying round match. Moriya yesterday pulled off a 6-4 6-3 victory over India's N Vijay Sundar Prashanth in the other first round qualification match.