Both nations took 2-1 leads in their semi-finals with doubles victories.
The Thai was pushed to a first-set tiebreaker before cruising past the Frenchman in the second round of the RCA Championships.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic received a bye in the first round and would meet Nicolas Kiefer and Alexander Waske
Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic upset third seed Tim Henman rain disrupted match to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Open
Sweden's Joachim Johansson unleashed 19 aces on his way to a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic.
The second-seeded Cypriot, who earned his third career victory over Ljubicic, had to work hard for every point in the two-and-a-half-hour final.
The World number one won his 20th consecutive match on Friday as he breezed past Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4.
Andre Agassi beat Spain's Tommy Robredo while Marat Safin knocked out Peruvian Luis Horna at the Madrid Masters.
Leander Paes teamed up with David Rikl to humble Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets in the opening round of the US Open.
The fifth seeds were shocked by Germany's unseeded pair of Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-finals.
The top seed survived three match points before beating Ivan Ljubicic in the semi-finals of the RCA Tennis Championships.
The defending champion beat Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia in the quarter-finals of the RCA Tennis Championships.
Maria Sharapova powered into the semi-final with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Russian rival Anastasia Myskina at the Nasdaq-100 Open
Defending champion David Nalbandian beat top seed Andy Roddick 7-5 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors semi-finals.
The British ace was beaten by defending champion David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.
The Wimbledon champion was dumped by the world No. 47 in the second round of the Swiss Indoors.
Ivan Ljubicic salvaged the opening day of Croatia's Davis Cup semi-final against Russia, winning a pulsating five-set duel with Mikhail Youzhny to level the tie 1-1.
Playing his first match after a three-month injury layoff, a patched-up Tim Henman was humbled 6-4 6-2 by Croatian Ivan Ljubicic in the first round of the World Indoor Tournament on Tuesday.
Goran Ivanisevic and Ivan Ljubicic rallied from two sets down to beat James Blake and Mardy Fish in the doubles, in the Davis Cup first-round tie.\n\n
Both scored contrasting semi-final victories on Saturday.
World No 2 Andy Murray's three-point contribution to Britain's defeat of Belgium in the Davis Cup final concluded one of the most remarkable years ever achieved in the competition by an individual player. Below are the key facts:
The ATP Tour got on board and last month fans were able to bid for private sessions with celebrated tennis coaches on-site during tournaments in 2021.
Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who made the third round of the 1997 US Open also at 15, was the previous youngest player to advance to that stage of a grand slam.
Benoit Paire made a remarkable Davis Cup debut for France, outplaying Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 in the opening rubber of the World Group semi-final tie against Spain at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Friday.
Novak Djokovic deserves a "little star" next to his name for a spectacular 2015 season that saw him win three grand slams among his 11 titles but the men's game is not simply a matter of the Serb versus the rest, Roger Federer said.
Stanislas Wawrinka and his wondrous one-handed backhand managed to pull off a feat no man outside tennis's Big Four had achieved in the past 40 Grand Slams -- to win two major titles
Leander Paes aspires to win not only a second Olympics medal but also obliterate the Ramanathan Krishnan's Davis Cup record of most singles win for India.
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