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Marcar was adamant that the world No 9 from Argentina has no plans of cancelling his trip to Thailand for the US$608,500 ATP event which runs between September 25 and October 3 at the Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani.
"I spoke to his agent on Friday and got the confirmation that he will be playing,'' said Marcar, who signed a platinum sponsorship deal worth Bt20 million with Turkish Airlines yesterday.
Del Potro, who made his first appearance in the Thailand Open in 2007, called off his title defence in New York, saying that he was not playing at a desirable level after undergoing wrist surgery early this year.
The towering Argentine will join world No 1 Rafael Nadal, last year's semifinalist Jurgen Melzer of Austria, Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, young gun Ernests Gulbis, former world No 5 Fernando Gonzalez and last year's finalist Viktor Troicki in this year's field.
According to Marcar, one of the three wildcards will be awarded to the country's No 1 player Kittipong Wachiramanowong who has been training in Spain with help from BECTero. However, it is not decided whether one of the remaining cards will be given to former Thai No 1 Danai Udomchoke.
Also, twotime semifinalist Paradorn Sricphaphan will announce his retirement from the sport during the Thailand Open. It is not finalised how the former world No 9 will make his announcement but according to BECTero project manager Stuart MacDonnell, Paradorn's deeds will be featured sometime during the nineday tournament.
Meanwhile, Nadal will be one of the big names to fly first class to Bangkok on Turkish Airlines. The airlines is also offering 14 tickets to Europe for lucky winners who watch the PTT Thailand Open this year. By filling in a boarding pass, visitors to the Turkish Airlines booth will get a chance to win three sets of two tickets each to one of the 67 destinations that the airlines flies to in Europe.
In addition to semifinal and final tickets, there will be a "Lucky Seat" draw that offers two sets of two tickets each to Europe. The draw will be held on the courtside to announce the winners who will be sitting on the "Lucky Seats"

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The 28km Airport Rail Link begins full commercial operations today and it’s a good deal.The rail link will charge promotional fares until the end of this year on its city and express lines.Passengers using the City Line, the all-stops line, will pay a flat rate of 15 baht for a trip during the promotion period. The line, which operates from 6am to midnight, takes 30 minutes to travel from Phaya Thai station to Suvarnabhumi airport.Those using the Express Line will pay 100 baht for a trip. It takes 15 minutes to travel from Makkasan station to the airport non-stop. It also operates from 6am to midnight.After January 1 2011, the service will be a bit more expensive.Fares for the City Line will range from 15 baht to 45 baht, depending on the distance travelled while the fares on the Express Line would rise to 150 baht.Passengers would be able to check in their baggage at Makkasan station for transfer to their airline once the service was fully operational.Yesterday, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Yutthana Thapcharoen led a inspection of the rail link and its facilities to ensure it was ready for commercial services.He insisted the link ‘‘is definitely good to go’’.‘‘It is the fastest rail system in the country,’’ Mr Yutthana said.‘‘It is convenient and provides [a quality] service.’’Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum didn’t seem as sure and has scheduled his own inspection today to see if there were problems that needed to be fixed.‘‘I heard the train had a glitch and had to go back to Phaya Thai station,’’ the minister said.‘‘That kind of thing can make passengers miss their flights.’’

link – a connection การเชื่อมต่อ

fare – the money that you pay for a journey ค่าโดยสาร

flat rate – a single price for a service ค่าคงตัว

range – to have an upper and a lower limit in amount, number, etc ผันแปรภายในขอบเขตหนึ่ง

inspection – an official process of checking that things are in the correct condition or that people are doing what they should การตรวจสอบตรวจตรา

facilities - the buildings, equipment and services provided for a particular purpose สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก

ensure – to make certain that something happens or is done รับรอง ให้ความมั่นใจ

convenient – easy to use or suitable for a particular purpose สะดวก

glitch - a small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should ความบกพร่องเล็กน้อย

passenger – someone who travels in a motor vehicle, aircraft, train, or ship but is not the driver or one of the people who works on it ผู้โดยสาร