Davydenko v. Monaco -- 3rd Round

Who goes thru to the 4th Round?

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dh003i said:
I really hate to say this, but I am somewhat suspicious of Davydenko's apparent improvement in serve. He isn't a tall guy, he's never served particularly great throughout his career, not even in his prime. Now all of the sudden, he is serving very well, as he's getting older? It doesn't add up.
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There is such a thing called "practise" and another called"training" :)
Also he improved his volleying as well.
He must have done all this during his off time last year.
 
Can't imagine davy is doing any kind of performance enhancement...it sure doesn't show. He looks exactly the same as he has for the past 5 years.
 
Would Davy with his kind of game been able to blast that Tomic off the court in 3 set? I thought Cillic would so I am not so sure now.
 
Breaker said:
"Davydenko, so underappreciated"
"Yeah, now for Court 8 with Querrey and Isner!"



Hmm I wonder why Davy is so underrated with this brilliant treatment :neutral:
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its just failure from ESPN. now that venus match is starting no chance will even get glimpse of davy match
 
Davydenko d Monaco 60 63 64

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Denko is in perfect form folks, and he's in for some real mean business at this AO. :twisted:

I guess the REAL AO is about to start right now with all (well most of them) mugs being eliminated. GAME ON! :twisted:
 
mengpower said:
There is such a thing called "practise" and another called"training" :)
Also he improved his volleying as well.
He must have done all this during his off time last year.
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Playing is better than practice, and top players have played just as much if not more than Davydenko; probably more, because they've gone further, and I think Davydenko didn't play as many tournaments last year as he usually does. What is particularly suspicious about it is the sudden and seemingly drastic improvement in his game at an older age, when even great players like Federer aren't as good at 28 as whey were at 26 or 25.

And what, are you saying Davydenko is practicing harder than other top-10 players? Maybe a few, but there's no way he practices more than Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Del Potro.

I'm just saying, if we found something out, I wouldn't be totally shocked. Although honestly, he still hasn't done really that much. Although he did just be the #30 at the AO, his first victory over a more highly ranked player.

Depending on how he's playing Verdasco may be a big test for him, although I suspect he'll beat Verdasco as Verdasco's mentally weak.

Then he'll probably face Federer, who I think he is almost as unlikely to beat at a slam as he ever was.
 
Love Game said:
Davydenko d Monaco 60 63 64

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From those stats, it seems like Davydenko didn't play such a phenomenal match, despite the scoreline. He had more unforced errors than winners, although not by much. But Monaco just played awful, with 5 times as many unforced errors as winners. Although who knows how many of those unforced errors were really because Monaco felt pressured to do too much.
 
dh003i , maybe Kolya is late bloomer :)
Anyway, players do improve their game and it's not like Kolya improved it to anything near a roddick serve. And recently he has added in volleying in his game which wasn't part of his skills in the past.
So he is evolving to stay in contention with the young strapping lads in the top 10 these days. If he doesn't he drops down the rankings and I don't think he is ready to call it quits like that yet.
 
TheMusicLover said:
I guess the REAL AO is about to start right now with all (well most of them) mugs being eliminated. GAME ON! :twisted:
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Yeah, usually the men's gets interesting in the 3rd round at the majors. But it's going to be the 16s here.

dh003i said:
...but there's no way he practices more than Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Del Potro.
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Fed isn't exactly a big practicer. He trains hard in Dubai during the breaks in the year. But the rest of the year takes it pretty easy - every time I see him at the tournaments his practices are pretty laid back. A big part of his success staying healthy, IMHO.

dh003i said:
Then he'll probably face Federer, who I think he is almost as unlikely to beat at a slam as he ever was.
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I'm agreeing with this despite all the naysayers. The win over Fed in London was nice - but still just 2 out of 3. I still like Fed's chances 3 out of 5 at a major.
 
mengpower said:
dh003i , maybe Kolya is late bloomer :)
Anyway, players do improve their game and it's not like Kolya improved it to anything near a roddick serve. And recently he has added in volleying in his game which wasn't part of his skills in the past.
So he is evolving to stay in contention with the young strapping lads in the top 10 these days. If he doesn't he drops down the rankings and I don't think he is ready to call it quits like that yet.
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especially not with his Lady Wife as one of his coaches! :p
 
Love Game said:
especially not with his Lady Wife as one of his coaches! :p
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Yeah :) But the 2 of them look so lovely together and they are enjoying it. Travelling round the world together to play tennis..how wonderful is that:)
The one thing I love about Kolya is he keeps it simple and you don't see all the ra ra ra going on in his players box. Just his wife or his bro and nephew etc.
 
dh003i said:
Playing is better than practice, and top players have played just as much if not more than Davydenko; probably more, because they've gone further, and I think Davydenko didn't play as many tournaments last year as he usually does. What is particularly suspicious about it is the sudden and seemingly drastic improvement in his game at an older age, when even great players like Federer aren't as good at 28 as whey were at 26 or 25.

And what, are you saying Davydenko is practicing harder than other top-10 players? Maybe a few, but there's no way he practices more than Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Del Potro.

I'm just saying, if we found something out, I wouldn't be totally shocked. Although honestly, he still hasn't done really that much. Although he did just be the #30 at the AO, his first victory over a more highly ranked player.

Depending on how he's playing Verdasco may be a big test for him, although I suspect he'll beat Verdasco as Verdasco's mentally weak.

Then he'll probably face Federer, who I think he is almost as unlikely to beat at a slam as he ever was.
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Disagree Davys doesn't seem much better at tennis, as said mentally better. He had strong years in 06 and 07 his issue was he played far too many tournaments. He is not actually play much better than he used to be and he has done this before. Davy was on fire at the 2007 US Open up until his match against Fed. He hadn't dropped a set before running into Fed..He played damn well in 2007 French Open as well. He was playing some of his best tennis in the big events in 2007 yet choked on Fed. He barely lost the 2007 French Open semifinals..It was literally a 3 set match decided by a point here or there. He also had the marathon match in Rome against Nadal there a match he could have won. Had he just held serve in that first set he would have won it. The thing that most people are seeming to not realize is Davy has lightened his load he dropped nearly 10-12 tournaments the past 2 years and it has allowed him to focus on his fitness and keeping himself in good form as he grows old. He also has confidence now.
 
egn said:
Disagree Davys doesn't seem much better at tennis, as said mentally better. He had strong years in 06 and 07 his issue was he played far too many tournaments. He is not actually play much better than he used to be and he has done this before. Davy was on fire at the 2007 US Open up until his match against Fed. He hadn't dropped a set before running into Fed..He played damn well in 2007 French Open as well. He was playing some of his best tennis in the big events in 2007 yet choked on Fed. He barely lost the 2007 French Open semifinals..It was literally a 3 set match decided by a point here or there. He also had the marathon match in Rome against Nadal there a match he could have won. Had he just held serve in that first set he would have won it. The thing that most people are seeming to not realize is Davy has lightened his load he dropped nearly 10-12 tournaments the past 2 years and it has allowed him to focus on his fitness and keeping himself in good form as he grows old. He also has confidence now.
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Well explained:) I feel this way too. He has definately improved somewhat in the mental department but mainly his style of play and the way he plays has always been like that cept for the volleying these days.
His serving comes in waves I think. At times he serves very well and if he doesn't, then he misses a lot of first serves.
 
Too Funny!! this in Davy's presser:
Q. If you had to marry another Russian tennis player, who would it be?

NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Marry?


Q. Get married, like husband and wife.

NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: If I married another tennis player? Man or woman? (Laughter.). I have already wife. I have my beautiful wife. I don't want to have any ‑‑

IRINA DAVYDENKO: I hear you.

NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: She's here.


Q. Sorry about that. (Laughter.)
 
mengpower said:
Too Funny!! this in Davy's presser:
Q. If you had to marry another Russian tennis player, who would it be?

NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Marry?


Q. Get married, like husband and wife.

NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: If I married another tennis player? Man or woman? (Laughter.). I have already wife. I have my beautiful wife. I don't want to have any ‑‑

IRINA DAVYDENKO: I hear you.

NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: She's here.


Q. Sorry about that. (Laughter.)
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Funny but lame too, what else could davydenko have said? :|
 
Don't know why they are always asking him stupid questions. But Davy said"
Married another Russian tennis player, man or woman :) That was the funny part!! He can be soooo cute:)
 
mengpower said:
Don't know why they are always asking him stupid questions. But Davy said"
Married another Russian tennis player, man or woman :) That was the funny part!! He can be soooo cute:)
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haha that was a witty reply....makes a mockery of the silly question posted to him :rolleyes:

Well Done Davy!
 
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