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
anybody believed win
I don't think anybody believed that I was going to win that match. I didn't believe myself.
expect ready
I expect to be ready for Wednesday. I'll be ready to play Rusedski.
finish happy lose match rather today
I even thought I could lose today but I am happy I was able to play well and finish the match rather easily.
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.
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,
close matches needed win
I did not want to think too much about it because I was very close but still needed to win matches and points,
massage start
I can keep playing, get a massage at the start of every set,
face pain ready
I feel some pain in my foot, but I am ready to face Rusedski.
break game point run second tough tried win
In the second set, it was tough at 4-3 when he tried to break back. It was a long game and tough for the concentration. It was very important for me to win that game. I just tried to run everything down and win every point out there.
appeared change choose fatigue problems shoulder steady tactics
In the beginning, I concentrated, ... My play was steady and then some problems appeared ? fatigue in the shoulder and right hand. I had to change tactics and choose another rhythm.
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.