Alexander Waske: “It was incredibly difficult ”

21. July 2005

Alexander Waske: “It was incredibly difficult ” Yesterday – before the match at the 27 th MercedesCup against No. 2 seed Nikolay Davydenko – Alexander Waske announced he would fight to the bitter end. And that is almost exactly what happened as the No. 121 in the ATP Entry List made life very difficult for the No: 7 in the rankings. “It started off very well. But it is really incredibly difficult to find a free spot where you can put the ball.” According to Waske, the Russian moves terribly quickly and returns very well. But especially in the first set, it was easy to forget the great difference between the two in the rankings. For a short time in the decisive phase it even looked as if the 30-year-old would surprise everyone and win the match. “At 6:5 and 0:30 I had him just where I wanted him. He was on the edge of the cliff and if I had been able to push him over at that point, perhaps he would have given up in frustration. But then he took four points in a row.” The Russian won the following tie break won 7:3 and in the second set he was able to counter Waske’s very fast and powerful game even better. After exactly one and a half hours, Davydenko managed to get into the quarter-finals with a score of 6:3.

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