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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 9, 2025 at 1:55 pm

   Points won by each set: | 35-25, 30-22 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   33 % Federer – 17 of 51
   32 % Davydenko – 20 of 61

   [22] Davydenko’s last event when he was an elite player (he’d enjoyed that status since 2005). Admittedly his form decreased in 2010 after an injury which sidelined him for three months, but he finished that year with two indoor quarterfinals (Valencia, Paris) and began another season with an advancement to the final not dropping a set, outplaying the world’s best Nadal 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinal. Against Federer [2], the Russian hadn’t too many arguments, he was unable to take Federer to ‘deuce’ even once as a receiver. Federer broke at 1:0 in 1st and 4-all in 2nd set, at ‘love’ on both occasions. The only intriguing fragment of that final occurred as the Swiss led 5:2* in the opener, then Davydenko held withstanding six set points, playing very risky tennis from the back of the court. Counting from Aussie Open ’11 onwards, Davydenko became an average player usually losing in the first or second round (he finished the year 2011 as No. 41). This trend would be maintained in the years 2012-13 leading to the 2014 retirement, seven years before Federer (both born in 1981).

   Federer’s route to his 67th title:
   1 Thomas Schoorel 7-6(3), 6-3
   2 Marco Chiudinelli 7-6(5), 7-5
   Q Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-2
   S Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6(2)
   W Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4

   Serve & volley: Federer 3/3, Davydenko 2/2
   

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