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
achievement among cup experience feels masters players rankings special tennis top tournament
It feels great. It's such a big achievement as there are 1,000 players in the rankings and I will be among the top eight. I know the Tennis Masters Cup is a very special tournament and now I will experience it.
afraid beaten beating chance france french good
We have a good chance of beating France because Marat is here. I think the French are afraid of him, just by his very being here even if he does not play. They have all been beaten by him.
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.
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.
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,
chance
He did not give me a chance to show my game,
face pain ready
I feel some pain in my foot, but I am ready to face Rusedski.
massage start
I can keep playing, get a massage at the start of every set,
advantage line main
(Croatia's) main advantage will be the line officials,
entering great
Entering into semi-finals is a big chance. I think it's great for me because if you get some chance, you need to take this chance.
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.
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!