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Thai Man Gets A Haircut That Resembles Tennis’s Face To Celebrate Her Asian Games 2023 Victory

Haircut resembling Tennis’s face


A few days ago, many Thais celebrated with excitement over the victory of Tennis Panipak, a Thai taekwondo athlete, during the Asian Games 2023. The excitement seems to have lingered so far, as a Thai radiographer got his hair cut to look like Tennis’s face to celebrate her victory. Here’s the rest of the story.


Man gets a haircut that resembles Tennis’s face


tennis panipakImage credit: Mitree Mike Chitinunda via Facebook

As Tennis Panipak Wongpattanakit won her taekwondo match against China last week, numerous Thai people congratulated her on social media platforms. She was praised for showing her determination and strength in the competition despite a dramatic error in the score that briefly changed to 0-23 in favour of China before the Thai team protested and had it corrected to 0-6.

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Image credit: Mitree Mike Chitinunda via Facebook

Mitree Mike Chitinunda, a radiographer at Chulalongkorn University and also a sports fan, had a haircut that resembled Tennis’s face to celebrate her victory and support her as it was her final Asian Games.

However, some netizens funnily said that the haircut looked a bit scary.


Netizens expresses their opinion


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Screenshot: Khaosod via Facebook

Translation: I doubt she’ll be happy about this. LOL


Screenshot: Khaosod via Facebook

Translation: Looks scary. 


Screenshot: Khaosod via Facebook

Translation: Are you sure it’s the face of Tennis?


Screenshot: Khaosod via Facebook

Translation: I think it’s beautiful although it doesn’t look exactly like her. I honestly praise the barber’s skills.


Big support from the heart


There are many ways to show our support for a person, and getting a haircut resembling the person’s face can be a surprising way. However, we can see the man’s sincere support for Tennis Panipak Wongpattanakit as a passionate sports fan.

It’s a great pleasure seeing our people perform well in a global competition like the Asian Games.

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Cover image adapted from: Mitree Mike Chitinunda via Facebook and Mitree Mike Chitinunda via Facebook