Danai takes time out to recharge flat battery
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Complaining of a lack of motivation, Danai Udomchoke said he was taking a brief break from tennis following his first-round defeat at the US$50,000 ATP Challenger Pingguo in China yesterday.
The third seed won a comfortable opening set 61 against Toshihide Matsui of Japan but lost momentum as he went down 64 64 in the next two.
“I am not playing well now and have no motivation. I’m not hungry [to win] like I was in Australia,’’ said the 30-year-old, who took former world top 10 Gilles Simon of France to five sets in the Australian Open before cramp cost him the match. That good form then led to a Challenger title for Danai in Burnie, Australia.
“I don’t know why [I have lost form] but I’d better take some time out of tennis and then start again,” he said.
But Danai is still not yet done in the Chinese city as he and German Sebastian Rieschick beat Chinese Feng Xue and Ze Zhang 6-2 6-3 in the doubles first round.
