Asian Games. Tennis. Oleg Ogorodov to play in semifinals
Associated Press
October 10Top-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand stayed on course for the singles gold medal at the Asian Games on Thursday, defeating Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun 6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
In other men's quarterfinal matches Thursday, Takao Suzuki of Japan defeated Wang Yeu-tzuoo of Taiwan 6-1, 6-1, and second seed Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea beat Vadim Kutsenko of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-1.
Suzuki and Lee will meet in the semifinals. Paradorn, who has an ATP ranking of 28 after beating world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt at the Japan Open last week, will play Oleg Ogorodov of Uzbekistan, who beat Goichi Motomura of Japan 6-4, 6-3.
Paradorn lost to Ogorodov earlier this year.
P.S.On Friday Oleg Ogorodov lost to Paradorn Srichaphan in two sets - 3-6, 3-6.
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Men's Group A: Ye Jiangchuan (China, 0.5) drew with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 0.5); Bartilomiej Macieja (Poland, 0.5) drew with Iuldachev Saidali (Uzbekistan, 0.5); Vladimir Malakhov (Russia, 0.0) lost to Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil, 1.0).
Group B: Zurab Azmaiparashvilli (Georgia, 0.5) drew Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 0.5); Sergei Rublevsky (Rus, 0.5) drew Alexey Dreev (Russia, 0.5); Alex Yermolinsky (United States, 0.0) lost to Watu Kobese (South Africa, 1.0).
Group C: Mohammad Al Modiahki (Qatar, 0.0) lost to Krishnan Sasikiran (India, 1.0); Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco, 0.5) drew Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan, 0.5); Xu Jun (China, 0.5) drew with Viswanathan Anand (India, 0.5).
Group D: Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India, 0.0) lost to Alexander Beliavsky (Slovania, 1.0); Alexander Morozevich (Russia, 0.5) drew Nigel Short (England, 0.5); Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia, 1.0) beat Pentyala Harikrishna (India, 0.0).