Posts Tagged ‘Rafael Nadal’
Davydenko crown a perfect week beating Del Potro
No. 7 in the ATP World Tour, Nikolay Davydenko, capped a perfect week after winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals with his triumph 6-3, 6-4 win over Juan Martin del Potro at the O2 Arena in London.
Davydenko, who had been a finalist at last year’s edition in Shanghai to play Novak Djokovic, is the first Russian to win the tournament in its history (since 1970). His effort this week will be worth a check for U.S. $ 1,550,000 and will also snatch the No. 6 South African Airways ATP Rankings to Andy Roddick.
Soderling beat Nadal again
Swedish Robin Soderling repeated the feat at Roland Garros on Monday when Rafael Nadal beat Spanish 6-4, 6-4 in the first Group B match of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, taking place at the O2 Arena, in southeast London.
The triumph of Nadal Soderling denied the option of reaching 400 wins as a professional and seriously compromises the claims of the Majorcan to defend ATP world championship crown this season.
The world No. 1, Roger Federer, increased his lead to 1.145 points on Nadal after his win Sunday against Fernando Verdasco and came within one victory of securing the top spot of the South African Airways ATP Rankings 2009, the position he held for four seasons between 2004 and 2007.
At the moment, Nadal can only get a maximum of 1,300 points and should win two round-robin matches remaining and become champion, while Federer needs to win one more game of the group stage and reach the final with a mark of 1-2 in the round-robin for ATP world champion 2009.
Federer could be the second player in ATP Rankings history of South African Airways had lost and regained the position of privilege. Ivan Lendl was No. 1 between 1985 and 1987, lost it in 1988 at the hands of Sweden’s Mats Wilander, and recovered it in the postseason.
Nadal: “I know it is almost impossible to win here”
Rafael Nadal is now in Montreal, but said that winning this tournament again this time is “almost impossible”. “This comes very quickly and I’m not ready. I will do what it can,” said a cautious Nadal, who officially does not compete since he was eliminated in the May 31 final round of Roland Garros by the Swedish Robin Soderling.
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About U.S. Open
About the only major missing from his achievements, the United States Open, Nadal said: “It is impossible to think about it. I am talking about winning the U.S. Open and I speak to find and recover the one hundred percent of my injury” .
“My only goal for now is to prepare hard and play well here. I know it will be almost impossible to win,” he said.
“I do not know how many weeks I need. I will work hard to be ready as quickly as possible. Having suffered an injury and being unable to compete, one must be sure to find one hundred percent,” he concluded.