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.
If Paradorn, ranked eighth in the competition, can manage to avoid an upset, he will face a German opponent in the third round - either Bjorn Phau or Alexander Waske, who beat him 3-0 in the recent Davis Cup tie. Thai No 2 Danai also has a good draw as he will open his campaign against one of the wild card winners and next face Germany's Benjamin Becker, who has a bye in the first round.
