Nikolay Davydenko News

PARIS (AP) _ A sluggish Roger Federer overcame a deficit in every set at the French Open on Friday, and now is within one victory of the only Grand Slam title he has yet to win. The top-ranked Swiss looked lacklustre for much of the match but advanced to the final by beating Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7). ``I could have lost in three sets,'' Federer said. ``He's an excellent player. It's a superb win ...

Nikolay Davydenko and Marat Safin will lead Russia against David Nalbandian and Argentina in the Davis Cup final. In the International Tennis Federation announced both lineups Tuesday for the Dec. 1-3 final, which will be played on carpet at the Olympic Indoor Stadium in Moscow. Davydenko and Safin will be joined by Mikhail Youzhny and Dmitry Tursunov. Jose Acasuso, Agustin Calleri and Juan Ignacio Chela are also on Argentina's team. ...

Rafael Nadal of Spain rallied to beat Russian Nikolay Davydenko 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 Friday and set up a Masters Cup semifinal against top-ranked Roger Federer while Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas advanced to the doubles final four. Nestor and Knowles defeated Poland pair Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-3, 6-3 to finish second in the Gold Group and will face Red Group winner Paul Hanley ...

American James Blake rallied from a set and a break down to beat No. 3-ranked Nikolay Davydenko on Wednesday, continuing his perfect record against the Russian and at the Masters Cup. Blake won 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 to improve to 4-0 against Davydenko, two days after upsetting No. 2 Rafael Nadal in his first appearance at the season-ending championship. He is the only player in the eight-man draw with a winning ...

Nikolay Davydenko reached his seventh final of the season at the Paris Masters on Saturday, beating Tommy Robredo 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Davydenko will meet 17th-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia on Sunday. Hrbaty won because 10th-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany retired because of gastroenteritis while trailing 6-4, 1-0. ``This is not the best way to win the semifinal,'' Hrbaty said. ``But still . . . I don't play finals every day so I'm happy to be there.'' Haas can no ...

Nikolay Davydenko reached his seventh final of the season at the Paris Masters on Saturday, beating Tommy Robredo 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Davydenko will meet either 10th-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany or 17th-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia on Sunday. His second-set loss was the first he'd lost all tournament. The fourth-seeded Davydenko now has 66 wins, second to top-ranked Roger Federer's 87. The Russian also avenged his loss to Robredo in July's Bastad final, one of their two previous meetings ...

Nikolay Davydenko and Anna Chakvetadze each won Kremlin Cup titles in all-Russian finals Sunday. Top-seeded Davydenko, the 2004 champion, beat Marat Safin 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 for his fourth title this season and Chakvetadze upset fifth-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-4 for her second straight win. Chakvetadze won her first title two weeks ago at the Guangzhou Open in China. The fifth-ranked Davydenko made a decisive break in the sixth game of the first set. He broke twice early in the ...

It's an all-Russian final in the men's and women's events at the Kremlin Cup on Sunday. Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated Fabrice Santoro of France 6-4, 6-1 Saturday and will play either Marat Safin or Igor Kunitsyn, while Nadia Petrova will play Anna Chakvetadze. The sixth-ranked Davydenko, the 2004 champion, has not dropped a set on his way to his sixth final this season and will be chasing his fourth title this season. Davydenko won six consecutive games in ...

Maria Sharapova, playing her first match since winning the U.S. Open, beat fellow Russian Ekaterina Bychkova 6-4, 7-5 Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals at the Kremlin Cup. Among the men, top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarters in another match between Russians. Davydenko, the 2004 champion, is looking for his third title this season and a spot in the eight-player Tennis Masters Cup in ...

Nikolay Davydenko defeated Teimuras Gabashvili 6-4, 6-2 in an all-Russian contest Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals at the Kremlin Cup. Top-seeded Davydenko, the 2004 champion, survived eight aces from Gabashvili in the first set to close the all-Russian match in one hour 15 minutes. ``I had to run up and down in the first set today,'' said Davydenko, who did not drop a game in his 37-minute first-round match ...