Madrid: Milos Raonic said he needed to iron out "crucial mistakes" after the Canadian 12th seed squeaked past former world number three Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 7-6 in the opening round of the Madrid Open on Monday.
Raonic, at 22 almost 10 years younger than his unseeded Russian opponent, managed one break of the Davydenko serve to secure the first set and edged the second-set tiebreak 7-5 to set up a second-round clash against unseeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, whom he has never beaten on clay in two attempts.
"I've just got to clean up crucial mistakes, take care of my serve, create a couple of opportunities on his serve and make the most of them," Raonic, looking ahead to the Verdasco match, said on the ATP website.
Kei Nishikori joined Raonic in the second round when he thumped Austria's Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-2 as the Japanese 14th seed closes on a potential third-round meeting with world number two Roger Federer....
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Munich: Ivan Dodig of Croatia upset two-time champion Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the BMW Open on Monday. Dmitry Tursunov of Russia defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-3, 6-4 at the clay-court event, Daniel Brands beat Tobias Kamke 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in an all-German match, and Marinko Matosevic of Australia beat German wild card Kevin Krawietz 6-2, 6-4. ...
10:25 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Barcelona: World number six Tomas Berdych was given a tough workout by Nikolay Davydenko at the Barcelona Open on Tuesday before seeing off the former number three 3-6 7-5 6-4 to secure a berth in the last 16. Czech Berdych, who had a bye into the second round and is seeded three on the clay at the Real Club de Tenis, served poorly against the 31-year-old Russian, who had won...
11:26 PM, Apr 23, 2013
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11:34 PM, Feb 27, 2013
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03:49 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Federer, who plays Davydenko on Thursday when 39 degrees Celsius heat is forecast, said he was not concerned about the weather. ...
06:14 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Second-seeded Richard Gasquet overcame German qualifier Daniel Brands, while Nikolay Davydenko ousted top-seed David Ferrer. ...
09:57 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Davydenko beat fourth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-3, while Monfils upset third-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. ...
11:04 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: Former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko overpowered Sanam Singh of India to reach the second round of the Malaysian Open tennis tournament here on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Russian beat Singh 7-5, 6-4 to set up a second-round clash with Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, who upset sixth seed Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 6-2 earlier in the day. In another second-round encounter, top seed David Ferrer of Spain faces Russia's...
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Agassi had predicted Nadal would complete a Grand Slam in 2009. ...
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Robin Soderling defeated Rafael Nadal on Monday in straight sets. ...
09:52 AM, Nov 24, 2009
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He will also not be playing in the forthcoming Australian Open. ...
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Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated Daniel Koellerer in round one. ...
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Next, he will play doubles specialist Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic. ...
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