Wrist injury forces Davydenko to retire
All seemed to be going according to plan for top seed Nikolay Davydenko when he won the first set of his match against Sargis Sargsian 6-1. But one game later, the Russian was forced to withdraw from their first round encounter with a wrist injury.
It was a bitter blow for Davydenko, and a major disappointment for the crowd at the Allianz Suisse Open, who only a set of the Russian’s brilliance to enjoy. After Davydenko had won the first set convincingly, he lost the first game in the second. Shortly after that, he signaled to the umpire that he would be forced to withdraw because the pain in his wrist was too severe....
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Saturday, July 09, 2005
Friday, July 08, 2005
Davydenko retires from Swiss Open
Davydenko retires from Swiss Open
Associated Press Posted: 2 days ago
GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) - Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with an injured wrist Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian in the first round of the Swiss Open.
The Russian had won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in the second when he withdrew.
Italy's Potito Starace knocked out the sixth-seeded Jiri Novak 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5.
Second-seeded Gaston Gaudio from Argentina defeated Swiss wildcard George Bastl 7-5, 6-2, and fifth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia beat Brazil's Ricardo Mello 6-3, 6-2.
The 24-year-old Davydenko is enjoying the best season of his career, breaking into the top 10 after reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros this year. He also won his fifth career title in St. Poelten, and reached semifinals in Doha, Barcelona, and the Masters Series in Hamburg.
Last month a similar injury forced Davydenko to retire from his second-round match against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman at Wimbledon.
Previously, Sargsian had won only two matches this season - defeating David Sanchez at the Australian Open and Bobby Reynolds in Indian Wells.
The Armenian has not won back-to-back matches since last year's U.S. Open where he beat Alex Corretja, Nicolas Massu and Paul-Henri Mathieu, before losing to Andre Agassi.
In other first-round play, Romania's Razvan Sabau eliminated Swiss wildcard Michael Lammer 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Spain's Feliciano Lopez defeated Russian Igor Andreev 7-5, 6-3.
Also in first-round play, Italy's Andreas Seppi defeated Austria's Stefan Koubek 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), and the Czech Republic's Jan Hernych eliminated Hugo Armando from the United States 7-5, 6-3.
The Czech Republic's Frantisek Cermak defeated Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-5, while Peru's Luis Horna knocked out Czech Thomas Zib 7-6, 6-4.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco defeated Jaroslav Pospisil from the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4.
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Associated Press Posted: 2 days ago
GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) - Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with an injured wrist Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian in the first round of the Swiss Open.
The Russian had won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in the second when he withdrew.
Italy's Potito Starace knocked out the sixth-seeded Jiri Novak 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5.
Second-seeded Gaston Gaudio from Argentina defeated Swiss wildcard George Bastl 7-5, 6-2, and fifth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia beat Brazil's Ricardo Mello 6-3, 6-2.
The 24-year-old Davydenko is enjoying the best season of his career, breaking into the top 10 after reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros this year. He also won his fifth career title in St. Poelten, and reached semifinals in Doha, Barcelona, and the Masters Series in Hamburg.
Last month a similar injury forced Davydenko to retire from his second-round match against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman at Wimbledon.
Previously, Sargsian had won only two matches this season - defeating David Sanchez at the Australian Open and Bobby Reynolds in Indian Wells.
The Armenian has not won back-to-back matches since last year's U.S. Open where he beat Alex Corretja, Nicolas Massu and Paul-Henri Mathieu, before losing to Andre Agassi.
In other first-round play, Romania's Razvan Sabau eliminated Swiss wildcard Michael Lammer 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Spain's Feliciano Lopez defeated Russian Igor Andreev 7-5, 6-3.
Also in first-round play, Italy's Andreas Seppi defeated Austria's Stefan Koubek 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), and the Czech Republic's Jan Hernych eliminated Hugo Armando from the United States 7-5, 6-3.
The Czech Republic's Frantisek Cermak defeated Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-5, while Peru's Luis Horna knocked out Czech Thomas Zib 7-6, 6-4.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco defeated Jaroslav Pospisil from the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4.
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Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Roland Garros 2005 Day 10 - Puerta and Davydenko Both Win In Five Sets
Roland Garros 2005 Day 10 - Puerta and Davydenko Both Win In Five Sets
Mariano Puerta and Nikolay Davydenko moved into the semifinals of the French Open, and for that matter any Grand Slam, for the first time in their respective careers and will play each other for a place in the final against either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal.Puerta became the fourth Argentine in the last two years to get to the semis. He came back from two sets to one down to beat compatriot Guillermo Canas 62 36 16 63 64."It's something very special to find yourself in the semifinals," said Puerta. "When I got to Paris two weeks ago, I had the idea I was going to make it to the second week. It's something that I can't even realise yet. I can't believe I've reached the semifinals, and I really want to enjoy this moment and prepare myself the best possible for the best semifinals."Puerta's is making up for missing out on last year's French Open when he was in the middle of a suspension for having tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol at the tournament in Vina del mar in 2003. He was out of the game from the beginning of October, 2003 to July 2004. His ranking nose-dived to 440 in August of that year. He came into the tournamentranked 37 which is still shy of his career best of 18 back in August, 2000. This French Open is his first Grand Slam since the 2004 US Open."I don't really feel bitter. I almost forgot it. I don't really remember the bad things I went through, something that I've overcome," said Puerta. "I'm very happy with what I'm achieving today. I just don't think back, don't waste my energy in that and remember things that passed. I think they help me a lot to be stronger psychologically today, since every victory for me is even more important."Puerta said that he enjoyed the match with Canas. They have been friends since childhood because they played at the same club as children. As Puerta suggested, "it was a friendly match.""In tennis, there isn't a tiebreaker, there's always a winner, you can't equalize," said Puerta, who ten years ago this week was runner-up to another countryman, Mariano Zabaleta in the French junior final. "This time it was my turn, and I'm very happy. I hope that some other time he will make it to the semifinals. He's an excellent player. "On the court, I experienced things that I had never experienced before. I had never played against such a good defender, a good receiver as Canas. I think he's one of the best with a defensive game in the world. For the first match point, I was almost desperate. I played the point just absolutely perfectly, and I couldn't understand how he could come crosscourt. And then I managed to get it across, and he passes me. "So he really played perfectly. And when I didn't make it, well, I felt really bad. I was desperate, because I thought anything can happen. I played the point perfectly and I didn't win it. But, luckily, I just kept my cool, and that was very important because I reached another match point and, luckily, I made that one. I could say that I played the points well, so I'm very happy. I think this is like a revenge."And there was a bit of prophecy on the part of Puerta. When he saw the draw soon after it was made, he knew he had a tough start against Ivan Ljubicic. He said that if he got past Ljubicic he would make the semifinals.Canas felt there was only a very small difference between them. He said that Puerta played the important points better and played solid tennis. Canas said he didn't do that enough and overall "he play a little better than me"."I was disappointed," said Canas. "My expectation was to be in the semifinals, and it was a very tough battle between the two of us. I think I did everything I could do to be in semifinals. When the match ended, I think I felt disappointment, some small disappointment. But it's a tennis match and somebody has to lose."Nikolay Davydenko has given himself a 24th birthday present a day early and celebrated his brother's 35th birthday on the day by coming up with many happy returns to beat Tommy Robredo in three hours 18 minutes. The match ended on the Russian's fourth match point when Robredo hit a backhand wide 36 61 62 46 64."The feeling is ... I don't know. After the match you are really tired, no feeling," said Davydenko. "Tomorrow I have 24th birthday and we will see. I have no match, so the day off for me is good, because I do my present now for my brother who is here. I won the match and reach the semifinals so for him it is a good present. It's good for me that I didn't play my match on my birthday, if I lose, I don't like."Davydenko should have won the match in four sets because he served for a 5-3 lead after breaking Robredo in the seventh game. However, the Spaniard broke back to make it 4-4, he held serve and then broke again to level the match. The Russian got off to a good start by going up an early break. "The key to the match was fight, fighting, like try to fight for every ball and try to do something that you can do," said Davydenko. "Robredo play good from the baseline. He moved well. After this 4-3 game he play unbelievable. He make all winners. I got the pressure on me and it was difficult to find something."Even when Davydenko broke in the fifth Robredo kept in touch and was moving the Russian all over the court with topspin ground strokes. Davydenko thought he could have lost that set 62 because he was feeling tired. He had thoughts of it not being his day. Davydenko refocused with his concentration and kept fighting. He gave it one more push and used the last ounce of energy and it paid dividends."I am feeling happy and it is my first time in a Grand Slam semifinal and I reach top ten next week. It is good and important," said Davydenko.Meanwhile, French Open women's semifinalist Justine Henin-Hardenne has undergone blood tests and doctors have suggested she needs to cut down on the tournaments she is playing. The Belgian, who spent most of last year suffering from a viral illness is now not going to play anything before Wimbledon. She will take about six weeks off after Wimbledon and probably play just two events before the US Open.To visit the the ITF's Roland Garros Page please click here - news archives and tournament details can be found there.The Official Roland Garros website at www.rolandgarros.com carries live scoring, schedules and draws, along with comprehensive event information.
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Mariano Puerta and Nikolay Davydenko moved into the semifinals of the French Open, and for that matter any Grand Slam, for the first time in their respective careers and will play each other for a place in the final against either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal.Puerta became the fourth Argentine in the last two years to get to the semis. He came back from two sets to one down to beat compatriot Guillermo Canas 62 36 16 63 64."It's something very special to find yourself in the semifinals," said Puerta. "When I got to Paris two weeks ago, I had the idea I was going to make it to the second week. It's something that I can't even realise yet. I can't believe I've reached the semifinals, and I really want to enjoy this moment and prepare myself the best possible for the best semifinals."Puerta's is making up for missing out on last year's French Open when he was in the middle of a suspension for having tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol at the tournament in Vina del mar in 2003. He was out of the game from the beginning of October, 2003 to July 2004. His ranking nose-dived to 440 in August of that year. He came into the tournamentranked 37 which is still shy of his career best of 18 back in August, 2000. This French Open is his first Grand Slam since the 2004 US Open."I don't really feel bitter. I almost forgot it. I don't really remember the bad things I went through, something that I've overcome," said Puerta. "I'm very happy with what I'm achieving today. I just don't think back, don't waste my energy in that and remember things that passed. I think they help me a lot to be stronger psychologically today, since every victory for me is even more important."Puerta said that he enjoyed the match with Canas. They have been friends since childhood because they played at the same club as children. As Puerta suggested, "it was a friendly match.""In tennis, there isn't a tiebreaker, there's always a winner, you can't equalize," said Puerta, who ten years ago this week was runner-up to another countryman, Mariano Zabaleta in the French junior final. "This time it was my turn, and I'm very happy. I hope that some other time he will make it to the semifinals. He's an excellent player. "On the court, I experienced things that I had never experienced before. I had never played against such a good defender, a good receiver as Canas. I think he's one of the best with a defensive game in the world. For the first match point, I was almost desperate. I played the point just absolutely perfectly, and I couldn't understand how he could come crosscourt. And then I managed to get it across, and he passes me. "So he really played perfectly. And when I didn't make it, well, I felt really bad. I was desperate, because I thought anything can happen. I played the point perfectly and I didn't win it. But, luckily, I just kept my cool, and that was very important because I reached another match point and, luckily, I made that one. I could say that I played the points well, so I'm very happy. I think this is like a revenge."And there was a bit of prophecy on the part of Puerta. When he saw the draw soon after it was made, he knew he had a tough start against Ivan Ljubicic. He said that if he got past Ljubicic he would make the semifinals.Canas felt there was only a very small difference between them. He said that Puerta played the important points better and played solid tennis. Canas said he didn't do that enough and overall "he play a little better than me"."I was disappointed," said Canas. "My expectation was to be in the semifinals, and it was a very tough battle between the two of us. I think I did everything I could do to be in semifinals. When the match ended, I think I felt disappointment, some small disappointment. But it's a tennis match and somebody has to lose."Nikolay Davydenko has given himself a 24th birthday present a day early and celebrated his brother's 35th birthday on the day by coming up with many happy returns to beat Tommy Robredo in three hours 18 minutes. The match ended on the Russian's fourth match point when Robredo hit a backhand wide 36 61 62 46 64."The feeling is ... I don't know. After the match you are really tired, no feeling," said Davydenko. "Tomorrow I have 24th birthday and we will see. I have no match, so the day off for me is good, because I do my present now for my brother who is here. I won the match and reach the semifinals so for him it is a good present. It's good for me that I didn't play my match on my birthday, if I lose, I don't like."Davydenko should have won the match in four sets because he served for a 5-3 lead after breaking Robredo in the seventh game. However, the Spaniard broke back to make it 4-4, he held serve and then broke again to level the match. The Russian got off to a good start by going up an early break. "The key to the match was fight, fighting, like try to fight for every ball and try to do something that you can do," said Davydenko. "Robredo play good from the baseline. He moved well. After this 4-3 game he play unbelievable. He make all winners. I got the pressure on me and it was difficult to find something."Even when Davydenko broke in the fifth Robredo kept in touch and was moving the Russian all over the court with topspin ground strokes. Davydenko thought he could have lost that set 62 because he was feeling tired. He had thoughts of it not being his day. Davydenko refocused with his concentration and kept fighting. He gave it one more push and used the last ounce of energy and it paid dividends."I am feeling happy and it is my first time in a Grand Slam semifinal and I reach top ten next week. It is good and important," said Davydenko.Meanwhile, French Open women's semifinalist Justine Henin-Hardenne has undergone blood tests and doctors have suggested she needs to cut down on the tournaments she is playing. The Belgian, who spent most of last year suffering from a viral illness is now not going to play anything before Wimbledon. She will take about six weeks off after Wimbledon and probably play just two events before the US Open.To visit the the ITF's Roland Garros Page please click here - news archives and tournament details can be found there.The Official Roland Garros website at www.rolandgarros.com carries live scoring, schedules and draws, along with comprehensive event information.
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Perfect birthday gift delights Davydenko
Perfect birthday gift delights Davydenko
Jun 2 2005
By Isabelle Rondeau At Roland Garros
Nikolay Davydenko bustled into his first Grand Slam semi-final in the French Open and will face unseeded Argentinian Mariano Puerta for the right to contest the men's singles crown.
Spain's Tommy Robredo was Davydenko's victim yesterday, with the Russian 12th seed prevailing 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 after three hours and 18 minutes of high-intensity tennis.
Davydenko will celebrate his 24th birthday today, preparing for tomorrow's semi-final and with the knowledge that he is assured of a top-ten ranking next week.
Davydenko steamrollered Tim Henman en route to the Australian Open quarterfinals at the start of the year, where Andy Roddick ended his run, and he has since reached semi-finals at tour events in Doha, Barcelona and Hamburg.
"I am so happy because this is the first time I have reached the semis of a Grand Slam," he said. "I will also be part of the top ten and that's very important for me."
Davydenko admitted he felt empty after his win, one of the toughest of his career.
"I was so tired after the match that I had no feeling whatsoever about it," he added.
"The key of the match was that I maybe fought even harder than him. I had to battle on all points.
"Robredo plays so well from the baseline. I thought I would win in the fourth set but after I broke him he started playing incredibly well.
"In the fifth, when I was leading 2-0, I felt better but he fought back again.
"I got more and more tired but I tried to play my best on my last serve when I was leading 5-4 and finally it worked."
Puerta's arrival at the semi-final stage comes as a surprise.
He eliminated compatriot Guillermo Canas, the ninth seed, in another five-set thriller, coming through 6-2, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 after three hours and 35 minutes of hard toil.
Davydenko already has a psychological advantage to take into their match, having defeated Puerta in straight sets in the Hamburg Masters Series event at the start of May.
Like Davydenko, it will be a first Grand Slam semi-final for Puerta, who is stepping up his comeback after being banned for nine months between October 2003 and July 2004, having tested positive for clenbuterol during a tournament in Vina del Mar.
He has leapt from 440th to 37th in the world since returning to the tour.
"Being in the semis is like a revenge for me," said Puerta.
"I don't feel bitter about what happened; I don't waste my time thinking about the past.
"I have overcome what I went through. It allowed me to be stronger.
"When I was not playing, it was a very tough time to go through.
"It was strange not to be allowed to play tennis. I worked very hard to come back."
Davydenko and Puerta will inevitably concede top billing tomorrow to the semi-final between world No 1 Roger Federer, of Switzerland, and Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal.
Nadal, winner of five tournaments already this year, turns 19 tomorrow.
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Jun 2 2005
By Isabelle Rondeau At Roland Garros
Nikolay Davydenko bustled into his first Grand Slam semi-final in the French Open and will face unseeded Argentinian Mariano Puerta for the right to contest the men's singles crown.
Spain's Tommy Robredo was Davydenko's victim yesterday, with the Russian 12th seed prevailing 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 after three hours and 18 minutes of high-intensity tennis.
Davydenko will celebrate his 24th birthday today, preparing for tomorrow's semi-final and with the knowledge that he is assured of a top-ten ranking next week.
Davydenko steamrollered Tim Henman en route to the Australian Open quarterfinals at the start of the year, where Andy Roddick ended his run, and he has since reached semi-finals at tour events in Doha, Barcelona and Hamburg.
"I am so happy because this is the first time I have reached the semis of a Grand Slam," he said. "I will also be part of the top ten and that's very important for me."
Davydenko admitted he felt empty after his win, one of the toughest of his career.
"I was so tired after the match that I had no feeling whatsoever about it," he added.
"The key of the match was that I maybe fought even harder than him. I had to battle on all points.
"Robredo plays so well from the baseline. I thought I would win in the fourth set but after I broke him he started playing incredibly well.
"In the fifth, when I was leading 2-0, I felt better but he fought back again.
"I got more and more tired but I tried to play my best on my last serve when I was leading 5-4 and finally it worked."
Puerta's arrival at the semi-final stage comes as a surprise.
He eliminated compatriot Guillermo Canas, the ninth seed, in another five-set thriller, coming through 6-2, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 after three hours and 35 minutes of hard toil.
Davydenko already has a psychological advantage to take into their match, having defeated Puerta in straight sets in the Hamburg Masters Series event at the start of May.
Like Davydenko, it will be a first Grand Slam semi-final for Puerta, who is stepping up his comeback after being banned for nine months between October 2003 and July 2004, having tested positive for clenbuterol during a tournament in Vina del Mar.
He has leapt from 440th to 37th in the world since returning to the tour.
"Being in the semis is like a revenge for me," said Puerta.
"I don't feel bitter about what happened; I don't waste my time thinking about the past.
"I have overcome what I went through. It allowed me to be stronger.
"When I was not playing, it was a very tough time to go through.
"It was strange not to be allowed to play tennis. I worked very hard to come back."
Davydenko and Puerta will inevitably concede top billing tomorrow to the semi-final between world No 1 Roger Federer, of Switzerland, and Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal.
Nadal, winner of five tournaments already this year, turns 19 tomorrow.
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Top seed Davydenko retires from Swiss Open
Top seed Davydenko retires from Swiss Open
AP Worldstream; Jul 05, 2005
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with an injured wrist Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian in the first round of the SwissOpen.The Russian had won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in thesecond when he withdrew.Davydenko retired from his second-round match against Sweden's JonasBjorkman at Wimbledon last month with a similar injury.The 24-year-old Davydenko is enjoying the best season of his career,breaking into the top 10 after reaching the semifinals at RolandGarros this year. He also won his fifth career title in St. Poelten,and reached semifinals in Doha, Barcelona, and the Masters Series inHamburg.Previously, Sargsian had won only two matches this season _ defeatingDavid Sanchez at the Australian Open and Bobby Reynolds in IndianWells.The Armenian has not won back-to-back matches since last year'sU.S. Open where he beat Alex Corretja, Nicolas Massu and Paul-HenriMathieu, before losing to Andre Agassi.In other first-round play, Romania's Razvan Sabau eliminated Swisswildcard Michael Lammer 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Spain's Feliciano Lopezdefeated Russian Igor Andreev 7-5, 6-3.
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AP Worldstream; Jul 05, 2005
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with an injured wrist Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian in the first round of the SwissOpen.The Russian had won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in thesecond when he withdrew.Davydenko retired from his second-round match against Sweden's JonasBjorkman at Wimbledon last month with a similar injury.The 24-year-old Davydenko is enjoying the best season of his career,breaking into the top 10 after reaching the semifinals at RolandGarros this year. He also won his fifth career title in St. Poelten,and reached semifinals in Doha, Barcelona, and the Masters Series inHamburg.Previously, Sargsian had won only two matches this season _ defeatingDavid Sanchez at the Australian Open and Bobby Reynolds in IndianWells.The Armenian has not won back-to-back matches since last year'sU.S. Open where he beat Alex Corretja, Nicolas Massu and Paul-HenriMathieu, before losing to Andre Agassi.In other first-round play, Romania's Razvan Sabau eliminated Swisswildcard Michael Lammer 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Spain's Feliciano Lopezdefeated Russian Igor Andreev 7-5, 6-3.
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN – Interview with Nikolay Davydenko
AUSTRALIAN OPEN – Interview with Nikolay Davydenko
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A. RODDICK/N. Davydenko 6 3, 7 5, 4 1 (ret.)
An interview with: NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO
THE MODERATOR: First question, please. Q. What happened during the match? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Just, I don't know. Start first set, about I think 3 All in the first set, then I feeling something. Because we play short points. This was okay. And then one few points was long and I feeling something, I cannot breathe. For me, today was really hot. I don't know how feeling. It's no breathe, and then everything just only for one I cannot running, I cannot control my ball, everything. Just I am missing everything. And I try something to do, just call doctor, maybe something happen, something maybe better feeling. But, yeah, I take break, five minutes. It was okay. Started. I break Roddick in the second set. But only one long points, that's it. And then I can play few, like four or five point I can lose. I don't know with him, but maybe something problem with me, maybe. I don't know. But I want to check. Q. Just because it's hot? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah. Because if I take break about like for one, for two minutes, then first two, three points was okay. I can play. I can control everything. But then something is coming, coming so bad and then feeling everything really not so good. Q. What did the doctor give you in that inhaler? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: It was is something like was for asthma. Was doping, yeah. He give me something like for the match maybe helping something, but this was not so helping. Q. Have you had asthma for a long time? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: No, no, I never get. Q. Andy Roddick said that he was aware that you might have breathing difficulties because you mentioned it after one of your previous matches. He said he would never tell anybody if he had that sort of problem because it would give his next rival some kind of extra boost. Do you regret letting people know? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: No, no, no. Just one problem maybe is for me I start to play okay, I say I have good tennis now. Just preparation, and fifth match. But I don't know. Weather was really hot today, yeah? I don't know, Roddick feeling okay. For him I see he make short everything, good points, long, short points, he make he get better some feeling from body. For me, today was difficult. Because I play not with Roddick today, I play by self, I play with weather. Just only like these points. I didn't concentration now of match. I now concentration of my body, how I feeling, what I do, and what I need to do later. Q. Do you think it's only because of the sun, of the heat? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah. Because doctor said it was the heat. Q. If the roof was closed, do you think you would have been okay? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah, if the degrees not like today, like maybe till 30, is be better for me because it was today for me hot. Q. Have you had the same problem before this game? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Not like problem. But sometimes if very hot, you can't play long points, yeah? You try to play short points because is really hot. You can't run so good. And then like today was, yeah, we try to do short points. From Roddick was okay. He make from serve, make like try to do short points, just on the serve, yeah, make aces, and then hitting balls, second serve, then try to make winners, yeah? For me was also, I want to try to do the same, but this was difficult.
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A. RODDICK/N. Davydenko 6 3, 7 5, 4 1 (ret.)
An interview with: NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO
THE MODERATOR: First question, please. Q. What happened during the match? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Just, I don't know. Start first set, about I think 3 All in the first set, then I feeling something. Because we play short points. This was okay. And then one few points was long and I feeling something, I cannot breathe. For me, today was really hot. I don't know how feeling. It's no breathe, and then everything just only for one I cannot running, I cannot control my ball, everything. Just I am missing everything. And I try something to do, just call doctor, maybe something happen, something maybe better feeling. But, yeah, I take break, five minutes. It was okay. Started. I break Roddick in the second set. But only one long points, that's it. And then I can play few, like four or five point I can lose. I don't know with him, but maybe something problem with me, maybe. I don't know. But I want to check. Q. Just because it's hot? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah. Because if I take break about like for one, for two minutes, then first two, three points was okay. I can play. I can control everything. But then something is coming, coming so bad and then feeling everything really not so good. Q. What did the doctor give you in that inhaler? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: It was is something like was for asthma. Was doping, yeah. He give me something like for the match maybe helping something, but this was not so helping. Q. Have you had asthma for a long time? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: No, no, I never get. Q. Andy Roddick said that he was aware that you might have breathing difficulties because you mentioned it after one of your previous matches. He said he would never tell anybody if he had that sort of problem because it would give his next rival some kind of extra boost. Do you regret letting people know? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: No, no, no. Just one problem maybe is for me I start to play okay, I say I have good tennis now. Just preparation, and fifth match. But I don't know. Weather was really hot today, yeah? I don't know, Roddick feeling okay. For him I see he make short everything, good points, long, short points, he make he get better some feeling from body. For me, today was difficult. Because I play not with Roddick today, I play by self, I play with weather. Just only like these points. I didn't concentration now of match. I now concentration of my body, how I feeling, what I do, and what I need to do later. Q. Do you think it's only because of the sun, of the heat? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah. Because doctor said it was the heat. Q. If the roof was closed, do you think you would have been okay? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah, if the degrees not like today, like maybe till 30, is be better for me because it was today for me hot. Q. Have you had the same problem before this game? NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Not like problem. But sometimes if very hot, you can't play long points, yeah? You try to play short points because is really hot. You can't run so good. And then like today was, yeah, we try to do short points. From Roddick was okay. He make from serve, make like try to do short points, just on the serve, yeah, make aces, and then hitting balls, second serve, then try to make winners, yeah? For me was also, I want to try to do the same, but this was difficult.
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Injured Safin to lead Russia against France in Davis Cup
Injured Safin to lead Russia against France in Davis Cup
MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Marat Safin will lead Russia in this month's Davis Cup quarter-final tie against France despite a knee injury.
"Marat is in the team and should play against the French if, of course, his injury would not get worse than it is right now," Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev told Reuters on Monday.
Tarpishchev also named French Open semi-finalist Nikolay Davydenko, 2002 Davis Cup hero Mikhail Youzhny, Igor Andreev and newcomer Teimuraz Gabashvili for the July 15-17 tie on clay at Moscow's Olympic arena.
Safin has been troubled by pain in his left knee in the past two months and even contemplated surgery but then decided to carry on.
Davydenko, who surprised many tennis experts to reach the last four at Roland Garros, has also been suffering from a wrist injury, forcing him to default from his Wimbledon's second round match against Jonas Bjorkman last month.
France captain Guy Forget named French number one Richard Gasquet along with Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra after Sebastien Grosjean had pulled out because of fatigue.
The Moscow tie will be the first meeting between the two nations since Russia edged France 3-2 to clinch their first Davis Cup title in Paris in 2002 when Youzhny came from two sets down to beat Mathieu in the deciding fifth rubber.
Updated on Monday, Jul 4, 2005 6:00 am EDT
MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Marat Safin will lead Russia in this month's Davis Cup quarter-final tie against France despite a knee injury.
"Marat is in the team and should play against the French if, of course, his injury would not get worse than it is right now," Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev told Reuters on Monday.
Tarpishchev also named French Open semi-finalist Nikolay Davydenko, 2002 Davis Cup hero Mikhail Youzhny, Igor Andreev and newcomer Teimuraz Gabashvili for the July 15-17 tie on clay at Moscow's Olympic arena.
Safin has been troubled by pain in his left knee in the past two months and even contemplated surgery but then decided to carry on.
Davydenko, who surprised many tennis experts to reach the last four at Roland Garros, has also been suffering from a wrist injury, forcing him to default from his Wimbledon's second round match against Jonas Bjorkman last month.
France captain Guy Forget named French number one Richard Gasquet along with Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra after Sebastien Grosjean had pulled out because of fatigue.
The Moscow tie will be the first meeting between the two nations since Russia edged France 3-2 to clinch their first Davis Cup title in Paris in 2002 when Youzhny came from two sets down to beat Mathieu in the deciding fifth rubber.
Updated on Monday, Jul 4, 2005 6:00 am EDT
Safin out of Russia's Davis Cup tie with knee injury
Safin out of Russia's Davis Cup tie with knee injury
MOSCOW, July 6 (Reuters) -
Australian Open champion Marat Safin has pulled out of the Russia team for this month's Davis Cup quarter-final against France with a knee injury.
Safin's official website reported on Wednesday that the world number five will have a small operation on his left knee to repair a tear in the ligament.
Earlier this week, Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev named Safin in the team along with French Open semi-finalist Nikolay Davydenko, 2002 Davis Cup hero Mikhail Youzhny, Igor Andreev and newcomer Teimuraz Gabashvili.
Davydenko also looks doubtful for the July 15-17 tie on clay at Moscow's Olympic arena after the world number seven retired from his opening match at the Gstaad Open on Tuesday with a wrist injury.
France captain Guy Forget named French number one Richard Gasquet along with Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra after Sebastien Grosjean had pulled out because of fatigue.
The Moscow tie will be the first meeting between the two nations since Russia edged France 3-2 to clinch their first Davis Cup title in Paris in 2002 when Youzhny came from two sets down to beat Mathieu in the deciding fifth rubber.
Updated on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2005 7:20 am EDT
MOSCOW, July 6 (Reuters) -
Australian Open champion Marat Safin has pulled out of the Russia team for this month's Davis Cup quarter-final against France with a knee injury.
Safin's official website reported on Wednesday that the world number five will have a small operation on his left knee to repair a tear in the ligament.
Earlier this week, Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev named Safin in the team along with French Open semi-finalist Nikolay Davydenko, 2002 Davis Cup hero Mikhail Youzhny, Igor Andreev and newcomer Teimuraz Gabashvili.
Davydenko also looks doubtful for the July 15-17 tie on clay at Moscow's Olympic arena after the world number seven retired from his opening match at the Gstaad Open on Tuesday with a wrist injury.
France captain Guy Forget named French number one Richard Gasquet along with Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra after Sebastien Grosjean had pulled out because of fatigue.
The Moscow tie will be the first meeting between the two nations since Russia edged France 3-2 to clinch their first Davis Cup title in Paris in 2002 when Youzhny came from two sets down to beat Mathieu in the deciding fifth rubber.
Updated on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2005 7:20 am EDT
Top seed Davydenko retires from opening match
Top seed Davydenko retires from opening match
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GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 5 (Reuters) - Top seed Nikolay Davydenko retired from his opening match at the Gstaad Open on Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian with a wrist injury.
The Russian had won the first set 6-1 of the first round match on clay and was 1-0 up in the second when he pulled out.
A similar injury to his right wrist forced Davydenko to retire from his second round match against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman at Wimbledon last month.
"There was more pain before," Davydenko said referring to his injury at Wimbledon.
"I probably could have won today but then I probably would have had to retire in the second round so it wouldn't have made sense.
"I'll have an MRI scan tomorrow and take the next five days off but if everything is okay after that I should be alright for the Davis Cup," he said.
Russia meet France in their Davis Cup quarter-final in Moscow from July 15-17.
Updated on Tuesday, Jul 5, 2005 6:14 am EDT
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GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 5 (Reuters) - Top seed Nikolay Davydenko retired from his opening match at the Gstaad Open on Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian with a wrist injury.
The Russian had won the first set 6-1 of the first round match on clay and was 1-0 up in the second when he pulled out.
A similar injury to his right wrist forced Davydenko to retire from his second round match against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman at Wimbledon last month.
"There was more pain before," Davydenko said referring to his injury at Wimbledon.
"I probably could have won today but then I probably would have had to retire in the second round so it wouldn't have made sense.
"I'll have an MRI scan tomorrow and take the next five days off but if everything is okay after that I should be alright for the Davis Cup," he said.
Russia meet France in their Davis Cup quarter-final in Moscow from July 15-17.
Updated on Tuesday, Jul 5, 2005 6:14 am EDT
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Wrist injury knocks top-seeded Davydenko out in Gstaad
GSTAAD, Switzerland -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko dropped out of the Swiss Open due to an injured wrist during his first-round match against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian on Tuesday.
The Russian won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in the second when he retired...
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The Russian won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in the second when he retired...
http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/8622148
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