New Delhi, June 24: Top seed Danai Udomchoke of Thailand beat India's Harsh Mankad in straight sets to stamp his mark of superiority in the ITF men's Satellite tennis championship here on Saturday. Udomchoke had also won the second leg at Bangalore beating Mankad in the final.The match started on a fast pace as Udomchoke took just 45 seconds to win the first game.For the Mumbai lad it was an inauspicious beginning as he started his serve with a double fault but managed to win the game after some hiccups.Mankad, however, had an easy time in the fourth game when Udomchoke made several unforced errors.The Thai had one break point in the sixth game but could not hold on to the advantage.Both the players held on to their serves till the seventh game.The eighth game saw the much needed break come Udomchoke's way. With two points down the cthai fought back to make it 30-30. And with some great rallies broke his opponent's serve.Mankad took his revenge in the next game and showed what a gutsy player he can be hitting a shot down the line and one across the court to break Udomchoke's serve and make it 4-5.But all that was squandered in the tenth game when Mankad lost his serve and set 4-6.Udomchoke went into the second set with great enthusiasm. He broke Mankad's serve in the fourth game and held on to his serve in the fifth to take a 4-1 lead. At that score the match was held up for some time because of rain.Mankad tried hard to comeback into the game but by that time it was too late.The Thai had two match points in the eighth game, and with a fine down the line shot won the set 6-2.
