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   The twins had never before preceded this far in the tournament and look forward to make their first ATP final appearance on homesoil. 

   "If we maintain our level, we will have the chance to win,'' said Sanchai who will play American Jim Thomas and Australian Ashley Fisher in the semi-finals.

   "We lost our last two ATP semi-finals. If we win, it will be our first final and it will come on homesoil. We want to win not only for the fans but for ourselves,'' Sonchat said.

   In the singles actions, sixth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia bounced back from the first set to beat Taiwan's  Wang Yeu-tzuoo  4-6 6-2 6-4 to book a semi-final spot in the ATP Thailand Open on Friday.

   The Russian baseliner used his superior groundstrokes to enjoy his best result since winning in Indianapolis a few months ago.

    "He returned well. I thought I would get points from my serves but they came back pretty penetrative. But I felt pretty good in the end and was happy to manage to win,'' said the Russian who lost the first round in his previous tournaments.

    "After you have been on the tour for five to six years, other players have known your game. I'm in a position to be under pressure because I have higher ranking and have more to lose. It's psychological that everybody has to deal with,'' added the Russian who next plays Spanish eighth seed Fernando Verdasco who also rallied from behind to beat Nicolas Mahut of France 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 after two hours and 26 minutes.

   Mahut was serving for the match at 6-5 in the second set but the Spaniard threw in his last effort to break for a tie-break and won comfortably. A crucial break in the seventh game in the third set was enough for Verdasco to win.

   "I had a lot of confident and played with power in the tie-break. After I took the second set, I was confident for the rest of the match,'' said the world No 36 who beat the Russian in straight sets in the French Open this year.

   "That was on clay but he is better on hard courts. It will be more difficult than the last time we played. But I'm confident now and want to win the tournament. I will do every possible thing that I can."