Davydenko ousted in New Haven, Mauresmo cruises
By Simon Cambers
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Top seed Nikolay Davydenko only had himself to blame when he was dumped out of the New Haven Open on Wednesday, his poor preparation leading to a 6-1 7-6 loss to Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela in the second round.
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A rueful Davydenko, who reached the semi-finals at the French Open, said: "Today was my mistake.
"I came here from Cincinnati and here the balls and the courts are different, so I changed the tension on my rackets to give me more control.
"In practice, it was good but today the weather was maybe different and I couldn't do anything.
"I had made four of my five rackets tighter, for more control, but when it was 6-1 3-0, I changed to my old one and started to play well. Then I broke my string at 6-5 and had to use the new ones again.
"If I'd won the second set, I'd probably have lost 6-1 like in the first.
"It's better that it happened here than at the U.S. Open, and now I can rest a bit and prepare more."
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