Szanujê go za ogromn¹ pracowitoœc, determinacjê w d¹¿eniu do celu i " charakternoœc". Pod wzglêdem atrakcyjnoœci medialnej i tenisowej plasuje siê na jednej z ostatnich pozycji, ale ma to, czego brakuje wielu zawodnikom, bij¹cych go talentem o g³owê. Ma przys³owiowe "jaja" i wie po co wychodzi na kort.

Mo¿e inaczej, Nikolaj ma ogromn¹ motywacje do pracy i temu zawdziêcza swoje sukcesy. Wypracowa³ sposób gry niszczycielski dla s³abszych zawodników, którzy nie s¹ w stanie wytrzymaÌ jego tempa gry. Natomiast w pojedynkach z czo³owymi zawodnikami wychodza przede wszystkim braki w podstawowym wyszkoleniu technicznym Rosjanina(zw³aszcza wolej), co z kolei powodu u u niego wielk¹ nerwowoœÌ i niepewnoœÌ. Najlepiej widaÌ to w meczach z Fedem, Nico kilka kilka razy dobrze zaczyna³ pojedynki, gra³ swój tenis, goni¹c Szwajcara k¹towymi zagraniami.
Wtedy przyciÂśniĂŞty Roger zaczynaÂł zagraniami technicznymi prowokowaĂŚ sytuacje, w ktĂłrych Davydenko byÂł oÂśmieszany, wychodziÂły wszystkie jego braki; potem, kiedy przychodziÂło do waÂżnych piÂłek, Denko byÂł juÂż sztywny z nerwĂłw i Fed robiÂł, co chciaÂł.

Ostatnio edytowany przez Robertinho (21-09-2008 14:21:59)

To s¹ uroki sportu, ilu zawodników teoretycznie zas³uguje na tytu³ a jednak go nie zdobywa, a ile wygrywa turnieje dziêki szczêœciu i zbiegom okolicznoœci. Wed³ug mnie Denko nie osi¹gn¹³ fina³u WS, bo czegoœ zawsze w tej grze brakuje. Przecie¿ nie trafia³ w ka¿dym turnieju Wielkoszlemowym na Feda w po³ówce, nawet wtedy gdy Nadal jeszcze nie b³yszcza³ na szybkich nawierzchniach. W krótszych turniejach potrafi zagraÌ znakomicie(Miami,Pary¿), jednak okazuje siê, ¿e na tym najwy¿szym szczeblu turniejowym Rosjanin nie umie do koùca wytrzymaÌ presji zwi¹zanej z rang¹ spotkania oraz kto wie, mo¿e te¿ aspekt fizyczny, nie zawsze musi byÌ tak, ¿e je¿eli dany zawodnik czuje siê przemêczony to widaÌ to jak na d³oni podczas meczu.

Robertinho napisał:

Nie mogĂŞ w tym miejscu nie zapytaĂŚ: to dlaczego nie James?

Bo jak siĂŞ marzy o finale WS to najpierw trzeba 1/2 zrobiĂŚ

Co do Denki to zgadzam siê z FEX-em (fajny skrót ? ), ¿e Kola mia³ tego pecha, ¿e zawsze by³o kilku lepszych. Jak ju¿ zacz¹³ ich ogrywaÌ to by³a inna grupa, "nowych" bêd¹cych poza zasiêgiem.

SprawdziÂłem bilans i dlatego wywaliÂłem. Mnie utkwiÂł w pamiĂŞci mecz na USO i zdychajacy RyÂży. A padniĂŞtego rywala teÂż trzeba umieĂŚ dobiĂŚ.

#3) Monachium 2004
R32      Andrei Pavel (ROU)  7-6(3), 6-4
R16     Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-4
Q     Rainer Schuettler (GER) 6-1, 7-6(4)
S     Luis Horna (PER)  6-4, 6-1
W     Martin Verkerk (NED)     6-4, 7-5

#4) Moskwa 2004
R32      Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)  6-0, 6-3
R16     Sargis Sargsian (ARM)  6-2, 6-4
Q     Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-1
S     Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7-5, 6-7(5), 7-5
W     Greg Rusedski (GBR)     3-6, 6-3, 7-5

#5) St.Poelten 2005
R32      Michal Mertinak (SVK)  6-3, 6-2
R16     Sjeng Schalken (NED)  6-3, 6-1
Q     Felix Mantilla (ESP)     6-3, 7-5
S     Jose Acasuso (ARG)     6-4, 6-2
W     Jurgen Melzer (AUT)     6-3, 2-6, 6-4

#11) Moskwa 2007
R32      Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7-6, 6-2
R16     Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-4, 6-4
Q     Igor Andreev (RUS) 7-5, 7-5
S     Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-6(6), 6-1
W     Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 7-5, 7-6(9)

#12) TMS Miami 2008
R128  Bye     
R64     Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(3)
R32     Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-1
R16     Mario Ancic (CRO)  4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Q     Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-2, 6-1
S     Andy Roddick (USA) 7-6(5), 6-2
W     Rafael Nadal (ESP)  6-4, 6-2

#13) Poertschach 2008
R32      Rainer Eitzinger (AUT)  6-1, 6-1
R16     John Isner (USA)  6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3
Q     Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
S     Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 6-3, 6-2
W     Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2

#14) Warszawa 2008
R32      Pablo Cuevas (URU)  6-3, 6-2
R16     Jiri Vanek (CZE)  4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Q     Evgeny Korolev (RUS)  6-4, 6-2
S     Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-2, 6-3
W     Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6-3, 6-3

#16) Umag 2009



R32 D.Gimeno-Traver 6/2 6/2
R16 A.Martin            6/2 6/3
QF  S.Bolelli             7/6 6/1
SF  J.Melzer             6/1 6/1
W  J.C.Ferrero(5)      6/3 6/0

Tak z angielska: Impressive Performance

Dla mnie ogl¹danie meczu z tym zawdonikiem po jednej stronie kortu jest mêczarni¹, nie cierpiê tego zawodnika i to siê ju¿ nie zmieni, niejednokrotnie zdarza³o mi siê usn¹Ì na jego meczach, mam nadziejê ¿e tak razem z Simonem wylec¹ z top 10

October 18, 2009 - Charlie says bravo; Davydenko wins

By Charles Bricker

Nikolay Davydenko gets a lot of bad press from those who still believe he was somehow involved in a betting scandal a couple years ago in Sopot, Poland. But I'm not one of those and I'm delighted to see him win his 18th title today in a masterfully executed 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over Rafa Nadal.

There was already enough drama in this match when Nadal challenged on the final point of this championship and we all had to wait to see whether Nadal's backhand was on or behind Davydenko's baseline.

The Hawk-eye replay kicked in, the white line tracing the path of the ball blooped up and came down an inch behind the line. Finally, time for Davydenko to rejoice.

This was only his 62nd match of the year. "Only?" you're saying. That is the correct word when you consider how much the little guy has been over-playing the last few years. In 2006 he played 98 singles matches, a figure challenged only by Roger Federer, who played fewer tournaments but went, of course, consistently deeper into draws.

In 2007, Davydenko played 84 matches, then 77 last year. It's still bordering on too much for a guy who weighs about 150 pounds. When he injured his heel early this year and had to withdraw from the Aussie Open (snapping a streak of 29 consecutive appearances in majors), I felt only a bit badly for him. I also knew that this could be a blessing -- a chance for him to get off the court a bit and ease off his schedule.

And that has worked for him. Although he also missed Indian Wells and could not return to defend his Key Biscayne championship, his strapped his game together on clay right after Wimbledon, winning consecutive titles at Hamburg and Umag and, on the weight of that nice little run, is 29-5 in his last 34 matches.

This win will do all sorts of wondrous things for Nikolay:

* Although it looks as if he'll stay at No. 8 in the rankings, he's going to move into No. 7 in the race to the ATP Championships in London, the big-money end-of-the-season tournament for the top eight players of the year, and he now has a 420-point cushion over Fernando Verdasco, which means he's virtually into the Masters Cup for the fifth year in a row. He was runner-up last year.

* It gives him an 18th ATP title and he's now 18-5 in finals. When the money is on the table, he's up to the task.

* His back-to-back wins over Novak Djokovic in the semis and Nadal in the final make him 2-2 lifetime with Nole and 3-4 with Nadal. He's also 4-5 with Andy Murray. If only he had the formula for beating Federer, against whom he's 0-12.

His English is evolving. . .slowly. And for many, despite his complete exoneration by the ATP, he'll have to carry the stain of that betting investigation with too many pre-judging skeptics. Frankly, I always had a hard time buying into his alleged culpability.

He was some 80 ranking spots in front of his opponent that day, Martin Vassallo Arguello, but lost on a retirement in the third set in a match in which there was an extraordinary amount of money bet on the Argentine. All that sounded incriminating, but it was purely circumstantial.

On the other side of the issue, we're talking about a player who makes a few million dollars every year and does not, evidently, live an extravagant lifestyle. So why does he need to throw a match? Furthermore, it was common knowledge among people who follow the game that Nikolay had an injury at the time of that match, so it was no shock that he retired in the third set.

I've heard people suggest that he had fallen under the influence of the Russia mafia -- another ridiculous allegation. He was, I should point out, living in Germany at that time, not Russia. The year of the investigation, I caught up with him in New Haven, Conn., just before the U.S. Open and we talked about the silly Russian mafia claim.

"Why no one ever ask Italian players about Italian mafia," he said in his halting English. He smiled. I laughed. I thought that was not only amusing but on target. As everyone knows by now, the ATP went through a months-long investigation, holding it over Davydenko's head even as he played Grand Slam tournaments, and what kind of a distraction could that have been?

Finally, he was cleared. At least with most of us.

I love watching this guy play. "The Stroke Machine," I call him. And he was certainly that against Nadal, finishing long rallies with the Spaniard with backhands down the line that left Rafa frozen. He seems tireless right now, able to run for hours. I'd like to think that has a lot to do with his cut-back schedule. Hopefully, he's learned from this year that he doesn't have to play 80 or mare matches every season.

This was an awfully big tournament for him, whipping up on Djoko and Nadal -- a great confidence builder and a signal to everyone else that his game is back in high form. After a few down months he's once again a major force in men's tennis.

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