Pruchya lone Thai to survive guillotine

Sticking to the baseline, Pruchya beat an error-prone Kittipong in one hour and 33 minutes. He will take on sixth seed Kyle Edmund of Great Britain who routed Japan’s Bumpei Sato of Japan 6-0 6-1.

There was no such happy ending for Pruchya’s countrymen as all were eliminated yesterday. That included Thai No 1 Danai Udomchoke who lost to Chung Hyeon of South Korea 7-5 6-3. Former national player Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana went down to Taiwan’s Chen Ti 6-0 6-2, Indian teenager Sasi Kumar Mukund beat Chaleecharn Tanasugarn 3-6 6-2 6-1, second seed James Duckworth of Australia ousted Nuttanon Kadchaphan 6-2 6-3.