Date: 23 Sep 2007

‘Peerakiat’ has one last hurdle to reach the main draw

The second round of qualifying singles at the Thailand Open 2007 has seen only one Thai player Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana left to challenge for the main draw places on Tuesday.

Peerakiat defeated Gouichi Motomura, ranked #6 in qualifying rounds, 7-5, 4-1 on Sunday after the Japanese was forced to retire in the second set due to stomach injury.

Peerakiat, aged 18, is the only Thai player left in the qualifying stages, and he will play second seeded Harel Levy tomorrow for a place in the main draw led by the big names such as Andy Roddick, the world #5.

Other draws in the last qualifying singles are: Zack Fleishman (1-USA) vs David Martin (USA), Simon Stadler (3-GER) vs Nick Lindahl (AUS) and Dominik Meffert (4-GER) vs George Bastl (SUI).

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The tournament is taken place at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok between 22-30 September 2007.

Full overall results of Sunday’s qualifying round are as follows:

Stadium

Dominik Meffert (4-GER) def Scott Lipsky (USA) 6-4, 6-3,
Zack Fleishman (1-USA) def Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA) 6-1, 6-4,
[WC] Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) def Gouichi Motomura (6-JPN)  7-5, 4-1(ret),
Harel Levy (2-ISR) def Norikazu Sugiyama (JPN) 7-6(7-4), 6-4

Court 1
George Bastl (SUI) def Phillip King (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5,
Simon Stadler (3-GER) def  Jeff Coetzee (RSA) 6-4, 6-3,
Chris Haggard (RSA) def David Martin (USA) 6-3, 6-4,
Nick Lindahl (AUS) def Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-7(7-4), 6-3, 6-4