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The respected Abac University polling agency said 54 per cent of the nearly 1,500 poll respondents voted Paradorn their favourite person, with Thaksin trailing in second place after winning 27 percent of the open vote. Justice Minister Purachai Piemsomboon, who as former interior minister led a hugely popular morals crusade across the country, was named by seven percent as their favourite Thai personality. Paradorn's father Chanachai, his life-long coach, was voted into fourth place with three percent of the vote. The polite and unassuming Paradorn has skyrocketed from a world ranking of 126 in January to 16, claiming the scalps of World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt and former World No. 1s Andre Agassi and Marat Safin along the way. The 23-year-old won his first ATP title at Long Island in the United States this year and followed it up with a second ATP win in Stockholm.
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