Thailand twins lift doubles title; Matsui, Udomchoke in title clash

Chikmagalur, Karnataka, Apr 22 (UNI) Thailand twins Sanchai and Sanchat Ratwatana today lifted the doubles title in the US Dollars 25,000 ATP Challenger Championship, even as unseeded Toshihide Matsui of Japan and second seeded Danai Udomchoke of Thailand set up a title clash for tomorrow in the singles category.

In a match that lasted 50 minutes, the second seeded twins justified their billing by trouncing fourth seeded Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei and Danai in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

The winners became richer by 1,550 Dollars and earned 50 points, while the runners up collected 36 points and 900 Dollars.

In the singles, top seeded Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea crashed out of the tournament in the semifinals, unable to match the superb backhand shots of unseeded Matsui.

''I did not think that I was playing a high ranking player, I just wanted to play challenging tennis,'' Matsui said after the match.

Ranked 354 X X X (Eds: Here, pick up from line one, para two of BG 4, SPORTS-TENNIS-ATP CHALLENGER) UNI MSP GD SKB1709