News of the Week
Sunday saw two new ‘winners’ in Thailand, one on the tennis courts and one who will help to oversee the creation of a new constitutional court.
With King Roger (Federer) not returning to defend his two back to back Thai tittles at the ATP Thailand Open, many of the men’s top players flocked to Thailand with hopes of picking up some late season points not to mention a little cash and the opportunity to enjoy some Thai hospitality.
The final was a battle of the top seeds; Ivan Ljubicic and James Blake, the latter being the underdog as he had lost all four previous meetings with big Ivan. So one would expect a tough fought battle on court but, in just under an hour, Blake managed to prove he is a rising power in men’s tennis; he beat Ljubicic 6-3, 6-1 and he did so without smashing any racquets (unlike the hot headed Safin who crashed out in the semi’s … at the hands of Blake).
The other winner on Sunday was Thailand as a whole; the coup leaders made good on their promise to appoint a new civilian PM within two weeks of the coup and they did so with time to spare. Our new PM is K. Surayud Chulanont, a retired general who was pushed towards his retirement by Thaksin several years ago; Thaksin apparently believed K. Surayud was PM material and didn’t want competition. From everything I’ve read about our new PM, he’s a man of integrity, tact, effective management and (apparently) has a disdain for corruption. Time will tell but I’m cautiously optimistic!
With King Roger (Federer) not returning to defend his two back to back Thai tittles at the ATP Thailand Open, many of the men’s top players flocked to Thailand with hopes of picking up some late season points not to mention a little cash and the opportunity to enjoy some Thai hospitality.
The final was a battle of the top seeds; Ivan Ljubicic and James Blake, the latter being the underdog as he had lost all four previous meetings with big Ivan. So one would expect a tough fought battle on court but, in just under an hour, Blake managed to prove he is a rising power in men’s tennis; he beat Ljubicic 6-3, 6-1 and he did so without smashing any racquets (unlike the hot headed Safin who crashed out in the semi’s … at the hands of Blake).
The other winner on Sunday was Thailand as a whole; the coup leaders made good on their promise to appoint a new civilian PM within two weeks of the coup and they did so with time to spare. Our new PM is K. Surayud Chulanont, a retired general who was pushed towards his retirement by Thaksin several years ago; Thaksin apparently believed K. Surayud was PM material and didn’t want competition. From everything I’ve read about our new PM, he’s a man of integrity, tact, effective management and (apparently) has a disdain for corruption. Time will tell but I’m cautiously optimistic!
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