Post by yse on Nov 5, 2006 22:58:45 GMT 3
Nikolay Davydenko won his first ever Masters title in Paris on Sunday with a completely dominant 6-1 6-2 6-2 victory over Dominik Hrbaty
The Russian can hardly have played much better in his career, but in truth, Hrbaty is unlikely to have played much worse in a highly one-sided final that was never in any doubt.
In the first set Davydenko overwhelmed his opponent by spreading the ball around the court; Hrbaty was never given a chance plant his feet, as the Russian played the angles superbly and won point after point.
Hrbaty was already 5-0 down in the first set by the time he won his first game, and Davydenko then served out to take the first with ease.
It was a similar story in the second, with Hrbaty again struggling to win points let alone games; he did manage to manufacture two break points in the second game, but couldn't finish and before long he was again 4-0 down.
He then became a little more competitive though and managed to start holding his serve, but Davydenko was in complete control of his own service game, and took the set 6-2.
The third set looked as if it would be a closer affair as the first four games went to serve, but then Davydenko broke again and the signs looked ominous.
Any hope Hrbaty had of getting back into things, took a major blow in the next game, as despite having four break points, he failed to covert once more, as Davydenko took the game to go 4-2 up.
The Russian then broke once more, and although he showed some nerves in the last game and gave up another break point, he eventually closed out the match in style with a brilliant deep forehand into the corner.
In this form, Davydenko will be tough to stop in the Masters Cup which starts next week, while Hrbaty will play in a challenger tournament in his native Slovakia before ending his season.
From eurosport.com ;D
The Russian can hardly have played much better in his career, but in truth, Hrbaty is unlikely to have played much worse in a highly one-sided final that was never in any doubt.
In the first set Davydenko overwhelmed his opponent by spreading the ball around the court; Hrbaty was never given a chance plant his feet, as the Russian played the angles superbly and won point after point.
Hrbaty was already 5-0 down in the first set by the time he won his first game, and Davydenko then served out to take the first with ease.
It was a similar story in the second, with Hrbaty again struggling to win points let alone games; he did manage to manufacture two break points in the second game, but couldn't finish and before long he was again 4-0 down.
He then became a little more competitive though and managed to start holding his serve, but Davydenko was in complete control of his own service game, and took the set 6-2.
The third set looked as if it would be a closer affair as the first four games went to serve, but then Davydenko broke again and the signs looked ominous.
Any hope Hrbaty had of getting back into things, took a major blow in the next game, as despite having four break points, he failed to covert once more, as Davydenko took the game to go 4-2 up.
The Russian then broke once more, and although he showed some nerves in the last game and gave up another break point, he eventually closed out the match in style with a brilliant deep forehand into the corner.
In this form, Davydenko will be tough to stop in the Masters Cup which starts next week, while Hrbaty will play in a challenger tournament in his native Slovakia before ending his season.
From eurosport.com ;D
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