QR2:  (q8) Congsup Congcar (THA) WR 1436 (CH = 1400 last October) vs Jamie Asanee Praditngam UNR

Jamie recovered from a break down in both sets (*2-4 in the 1st and *1-3 in the 2nd) to qualify

FQR: Jamie Asanee Praditngam UNR beat Socrates Leon Tsoronis (AUS) UNR by 4 & 4

SC - his opponent was of Greek extraction, as you probably guessed (see also this article from 2011 - http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Socrates-set-serve-smash-and-soar) so surely Socrates isn't that strange a name (?) He wasn't named after the Brazilian footballer (or "sahker player" as they say over here!), at least

steven wrote:

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SC - his opponent was of Greek extraction, as you probably guessed (see also this article from 2011 - http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Socrates-set-serve-smash-and-soar) so surely Socrates isn't that strange a name (?)

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I did & I almost added yesterday that I bet he was from Melbourne, the city with the largest Greek population outside Greece, but it still strikes me as odd in this day & age.  Then again, he's also an Aussie...