[TENNIS] Takao Suzuki put on a super performance to defeat local star Paradorn Srichaphan and give Japan a stunning victory over Thailand in the Davis Cup Zone Asia-Oceania Group I play-offs yesterday.

Kenyan cruises in Pattaya

[MARATHON] Debutant John Rotich from Kenya blitzed a strong field which included local star Boonchu Chandecha to clinch the men’s title, while Thailand’s Sunisa Sailomyen made it two in a row in the 11th Pattaya Marathon yesterday. The organisers shifted the venue for this year’s race, with the original start and finish line on the Pattaya Beach Road being moved to the Bali-hai Pier in South Pattaya, about three kilometres away.