36 Quotes by Nikolay Davydenko

Usually it's not easy to break Rusedski. But today he was struggling a bit with his serve and I tried to play some long rallies with a lot of top spin and slow down the speed.

I did not want to think too much about it because I was very close but still needed to win matches and points,

I can keep playing, get a massage at the start of every set,

I feel some pain in my foot, but I am ready to face Rusedski.

I don't think anybody believed that I was going to win that match. I didn't believe myself.

I expect to be ready for Wednesday. I'll be ready to play Rusedski.

I even thought I could lose today but I am happy I was able to play well and finish the match rather easily.

Today, it was my mistake because we had different balls (than were used in Montreal and Cincinnati). I tried to make it different, my tension for strings was harder here and I tried to make no mistakes because the tension was hard and I had more control. I tried to come back but at 6-5 broke my string. I took my old racket and I lost in the tiebreak. I played really slow, Chela played good today and tried to make winners, and for me, if I play slow I can beat nobody.

He was running too much. He was already tired after the second set. I think I had more chances to beat him then.