With a bronze for the men's team already under his belt, third-seeded Danai was on fire, wrapping up his match against Hong Kong's Luen Wayne Wong Wing 6-1 6-1 in 38 minutes in the third round of the men's singles.

Danai will try to clear his next hurdle, Jun Wong-sun of South Korea, to improve his Games profile. He was stopped in the quarter-finals four years ago in Busan by Wang Yeu-tzuoo.

Two-time silver medallist Tamarine, the women's fifth seed, traded a series of service breaks with Filipino teenager Denise Dy 6-4 7-5 before summoning her experience to come through in 85 minutes.

"I didn't start well, and she played very well in the end. I really had to concentrate and focus to come back into my game," Tamarine said. "I was a little down today. It was my first match, I had to wake up early and I was feeling tense."

The Thai veteran is competing in her fourth consecutive Games since the 1994 edition in Hiroshima. Her real test will come against third-seeded Aiko Nakamura of Japan, who ousted Kim Jin-hee of South Korea 6-2 6-2.

"It'll be the first time I've played her," said the rising Japanese star with the double-fisted ground-stroke. "I just have to play my own game and be aggressive with my ground-strokes from the baseline."

Suchanan, who breezed through the first round with an injured Akiko Morigami retiring, beat Kuen Lam Po of Hong Kong 6-2 6-0 to set up a daunting match with hard-hitting Sania Mirza of India, the fourth seed who cruised past Yoo Mi of South Korea 6-1 6-4.

In the second round of the men's doubles, second-seeded Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana came back from a second-set flop to beat Patrick John Tierro and Johnny Arcilla of the Philippines 6-2 4-6 6-2.

"In the second set, they made some lucky shots, and my serves were not good, and we were going crazy," Sonchat said. "But we are happy to get through, and we have to fix some things for the next match."

The Thai team will play Japan's Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki, who beat them in straight sets in the semi-finals last week.