1 Response to nikolay davydenko

1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 17, 2014 at 10:57 am

   33-year-old Davydenko, currently ranked 244, having not played an event for five months, announced his retirement yesterday…

   Denko’s farewell on ATP
   Denko’s career statistics on Wikipedia
   Denko’s activity in singles on ATP

   Davydenko will be remembered as one of the best Open Era players, who didn’t reach a Grand Slam final. He was the closest to achieve it in his 1st out of 4 semifinals, at the French Open 2005, when he lost to Mariano Puerta (3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6) despite a 4:2 lead in the decider. The Argentinian was under the influence of illegal substances…
   Davydenko will be also remembered as one of few players to have a positive H2H record against Rafael Nadal (6-5), and what’s more important, the Russian beat the Spaniard en route to 3 of his 4 biggest titles | Miami ’08, Shanghai & London ’09 |. Here are my stats of two most dramatic matches between them:

   Rome 2007: Nadal d. Davydenko 7-6(3), 6-7(8), 6-4… 244 points played… 3 hours 39 minutes
   Doha 2010: Davydenko d. Nadal 0-6, 7-6(8), 6-4… 190 points played… 2 hours 43 minutes
   

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