Weerapat overcomes pain, rival
[TENNIS] Up-and-coming young Thai player Weerapat Doakmaiklee brushed aside pain in an injured arm to defeat the second-seeded Yu Xin-yuan of China to reach the quarter-finals of the US$10,000 (Bt380,000) LTAT Bangkok Open Men's Futures 2 tournament at the Tennis Academy of Asia in Bangkok yesterday.
Paradorn gets a birthday present
[TENNIS] Birthday boy Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand gave himself a present yesterday by scoring a second round win over Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun in the £659,000 Stella Artois Grass Court Championships in London.