{"id":97726,"date":"2017-04-10T02:26:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T06:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97726"},"modified":"2017-04-10T02:26:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T06:26:58","slug":"thailand-sweeps-philippines-in-davis-cup-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/10\/thailand-sweeps-philippines-in-davis-cup-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand sweeps Philippines in Davis Cup semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97727\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1029948968_288e10a238_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97727\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1029948968_288e10a238_z.jpg\" alt=\"Thailand won the reverse singles on Sunday to complete a 5-0 sweep of the Philippines in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 2 semifinal round at the National Tennis Development Center in Nonthanburi, north of Bangkok. (Photo: Alosh Bennett\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1029948968_288e10a238_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1029948968_288e10a238_z-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thailand won the reverse singles on Sunday to complete a 5-0 sweep of the Philippines in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 2 semifinal round at the National Tennis Development Center in Nonthanburi, north of Bangkok. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aloshbennett\">Alosh Bennett\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013Thailand won the reverse singles on Sunday to complete a 5-0 sweep of the Philippines in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 2 semifinal round at the National Tennis Development Center in Nonthanburi, north of Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>World\u2019s No. 725 Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul defeated Patrick John Tierro, 6-4, 6-1, while Jirat Navasirisomboon downed Alberto Lim Jr., 6-4, 6-2, at the National Tennis Development Center outdoor court in Muang Thong Thani.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand has earned the right to face Pakistan in the final after Ratiwatana twins Sonchai (No. 87) and Sonchai (No. 92) posted a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory of Patrombon last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe are pleased with the overall result as everybody played a crucial role in our victory. We didn\u2019t want the tie to be decided on the final day,\u201d Sonchat was quoted as saying in an interview with The Bangkok Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Thai newspaper also quoted Thailand captain Vittaya Samrej as saying \u201cour players did very well and we are very happy to qualify for the final\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand won its first two points in the best-of-five tie on Friday when Trongcharoenchaikul prevailed over Lim, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-3, and Navasirisomboon conquered Patrombon, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>The final between Thailand and Pakistan will be played in Pakistan on September 15-17, with the winner being promoted to Group 1 next year and the loser staying in Group 2.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines, which is now 4-3 against Thailand in their head- to-head record, will remain in Group 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013Thailand won the reverse singles on Sunday to complete a 5-0 sweep of the Philippines in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[14630,343,4507,482],"class_list":["post-97726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-davis-cup-asia-oceania","tag-philippines","tag-tennis","tag-thailand","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}