[BASKETBALL] The Hi-Tech team defeated Tiew Pai Ngam 51-48 to win the third leg of The Nation Super League Basketball Tournament at The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday. The tiny Surachet Pongsiri, who at 172 centimetres tall was too short to make it into the national team, was the top scorer with 15 points, including two three-pointers.

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James Ratchapol, who was previously known as James Wattana, was 5-3 ahead overnight and later 7-5, but lost the last four frames and his place in the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York yesterday. Ratchapol was beaten 9-7 by five-time UK champion Stephen Hendry, who hit his best form for some time in the closing stages.