Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenkois a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semi-finals, which he accomplished on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer in all but one of them. His biggest achievement was winning the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, and he also won three ATP Masters Series. In...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth2 June 1981
chance surface
It's a big chance for me but this surface is very difficult,
bit chance easier longer slower tried winners
I tried to play a little bit longer and slower to make it easier for me but he didn't give me many chance to make winners for me.
bit break easy serve slow spin struggling today top tried
Usually it's not easy to break Rusedski. But today he was struggling a bit with his serve and I tried to play some long rallies with a lot of top spin and slow down the speed.
against court fact fast good turn
The fact that he's not a big server was something good for me, especially on this surface. The court is not that fast but against a good server things can turn out to be really difficult.
fifth fight fourth happened tried winning
Something happened -- I tried running. It was difficult. I tried to fight and was winning the third, fourth and fifth -- easy!
future injury played second worry
Agassi started play well but then in the second set, I think he had some injury and never played well again, ... I can only worry about my own future here. I have two more matches.
beat chances running second tired
He was running too much. He was already tired after the second set. I think I had more chances to beat him then.
chance
He did not give me a chance to show my game,
balls beat broke good harder lost mistake mistakes montreal played racket slow strings tension today took tried
Today, it was my mistake because we had different balls (than were used in Montreal and Cincinnati). I tried to make it different, my tension for strings was harder here and I tried to make no mistakes because the tension was hard and I had more control. I tried to come back but at 6-5 broke my string. I took my old racket and I lost in the tiebreak. I played really slow, Chela played good today and tried to make winners, and for me, if I play slow I can beat nobody.
believe difficult finish game losing match mistake nobody running serve third today win
I think nobody believe I can win match today because I was already in third set, was like losing my serve 4-3, he's serving. I try like play the same, you know, try to fight. This game I win like 4-all and then try come back, was 5-4. But it was difficult also in the third set. Finish the set because he running good, I try to running also good, and we play a long rally. Was important make no mistake. He make like many mistake in the third set. This is for me good.
home records four
I broke all my rackets. I didn't have a racket for the fifth set. I broke four. Now I hold the record. Now I go home. No rackets. I really don't like these rackets.
running fighting two
It was difficult after losing the first two sets and in the third set I was a break down, but something happened and I tried to run and keep fighting and I kept swinging in the third, fourth and fifth sets.
thinking games tennis
You don't think about anything because you just try to playevery game, every point. If you get some chance, you try to take this chance.
girl wife stills
She's my wife, not my girlfriend. Maybe for her it is better. For me, she's still the same girl, just my wife