MELBOURNE: Paradorn Srichaphan (pic) gave Asian tennis a major boost with a victory in what he regards as his home Grand Slam tournament here yesterday.
The hugely-popular 11th seeded Paradorn was given the honour of playing the opening match at the Australian Open and he didn’t let his supporters down with a four-set victory over Austrian Jurgen Melzer on Rod Laver Arena.
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