Weerapat defeated but makes the grade
[TENNIS] Weerapat Dokmaiklee's run in the US$10,000 (Bt383,000) LTAT Bangkok Open ITF Men's Futures 1 came to an end yesterday when American sixth seed Lester Cook beat him in the semi-final.
The 18-year-old Weerapat, who had never previously made it to the semi-final stage of a tournament, lost 6-1 6-2 at the Tennis Academy of Asia. Despite the loss, Weerapat will be ranked inside the top 1,000 for the first time within the next two weeks. He will carry local hopes when he enters the second week of the ITF circuit, which takes place at the same venue from Monday. Cook will now play South Korean second seed Kim Hyung-kwon, who moved past France's Laurent Rochette 6-1 6-1, for the crown. Meanwhile in Surbiton, England, Tamarine Tanasugarn blew away a 5-3 lead in the final set to hand the quarter-final match to American top seed Laura Granville 4-6 6-1 7-6 (8-6) in the $25,000 Surbiton Trophy challenger on Thursday. But she and Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei reached the doubles final after beating American Sunitha Rao and Ukrainian Titania Perebiynis 6-2 6-4. In Yuba City, Japan, top seed Danai Udomchoke was knocked out by American Sam Querrey 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the $50,000 Sunset Moulding Yuba City Racquet Club Challenger. Top seeds Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana also suffered a stunning defeat in the doubles quarter-finals, losing to American Nick Monroe and Romania's Horia Tecau 6-4 4-6 (10-6).
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