Danai Udomchoke plonks Peter Polansky in the second round qualies – Australian Open 2012
Canadian tennis star, Peter Polansky, was ousted by the superior ranked Thai competitor, Danai Udomchoke, in the second qualifying round of the Australian Open. Both players contested for the second time on the tennis courts in
their professional career and world number 201, Udomchoke, levelled the head-to-head tally with a score of 6-4, 6-2. Sizeable crowd had jumbled up in the arena to witness the encounter considering the fact that it was a sunny weekend in Melbourne, Australia.
Polansky was lucky earlier to have earned a victory over his opponent; despite of leading the match with one set, the Thai contestant had to retire from the match due to an injury. It was almost five years back when both players
contested in Odlum Brown Vancouver Open. Since then they have not went face-to-face before Saturday. 30-years-old Udomchoke had to wait a long time for his revenge over the Canadian and he looked to spare nothing at all for Polansky this time around.
First set was a bit monotonous, as both players hung on to their respective serves in the first four games. The superior ranked Thai boosted the momentum with some improvisation and played couple of breathtaking down the line winners;
dismantled the concentration and confidence of his opponent; won the first break serve of the match that was good enough to confirm his first set triumph.
Polansky failed to reply back with a successful break and although he went close at one occasion, it was not good enough to break the serve of his opponent. Udomchoke marched into the next set and the feeling of revenge grew with
the passage of time. Second set started off in great fashion as the Thai broke his opponent’s serve in the first game.
He held his serve to take 2-0 lead. After a cool passage of next four games, Udomchoke once again broke the shackles and hammered his opponent with three back-to-back jaw dropping winners. It was the time when he knew he had owned
his opponent and took a sigh of relief. With a successful serve game in the next game, he confirmed the spot in the last qualifying round against Kazakhstani contender, Andrey Golubev.
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