Local girls make a good start
[VOLLEYBALL] Reigning champions China, Japan, Thailand and Taiwan all won their first matches on the opening day of the Asian Women's Under-19 Volleyball Championship in The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima's MCC Hall, with the local girls defeating Sri Lanka in a one-sided affair.
In Brief :Good draw for Thai stars
Thai tennis stars Paradorn Srichaphan and Danai Udomchoke have been given good draws for the US$765,000 Japan Open, which starts today. World No 41 Paradorn has a bye in the first round in Japan and will play the winner of the match between Germany's Simon Greul and Takao Suzuki of Japan.