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Wednesday at the final tournament of the year in London, completed the second round group stage. Robin Soderling easily beat Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko defeated Rafael Nadal. How were these fights, read the review Sport . ru .

Despite the fact that the affair ended in favor of pervoraketstva Roger Federer, who on Wednesday was awarded the organizers of this title is already in fifth time in his career, the final tournament in London, is gaining momentum and continues to be interesting from the point of view bolelschitskoy. The fourth game was scheduled two day match in Group B: Nikolay Davydenko met once formidable Rafael Nadal and Robin Soderling test in holding Novak Djokovic.

“I was able to win in two sets the second and third racket of the world, for more and not have to dream”

Nowak and Robin on the eve of the match were leaders of their group, winning matches in the starting the victory. Djokovic in critical exhausting match won Nikolay Davydenko, and Soderling, is surprisingly easy to beat in straight sets by Rafael Nadal.

Swede is easy opponent for Zero, who did not know the bitterness of defeat for 11 games in a row. Tennis players have played each other five matches and scored victories in all Serbian athlete. Their last meeting was held recently on 13 November in Paris.

From the first minutes of the meeting to the surprise of many, Soderling began to act in an offensive manner, taking control of almost all the jokes in the game. Maybe this is the spirit of the Swede has been linked with endless splash in the direction of his personality, about his stay in London (we recall that Robin speaks at the final tournament in place of the injured Andy Roddick).

Soderling in the first installment was several times close to that to take delivery Djokovic, Novak but managed to fend and “hold” until the tie-break. In an additional set interval Swedish tennis player thanks to excellent serving and successful methods was stronger Zero 7-6.

Not slow down and Robin in the second game, but not without the help of the Serbian athlete. Djokovic looked very tired, probably 11 wins in a row won by almost without a break made themselves felt. As if there was not Novak in the second set did not show any hint of a fight, smashing losing 6-1.

“This is great. The best players in the world come here. I was able to win in two sets the second and third racket of the world, for more and not have to dream about. I do not like it here. There is still a minimum of two matches, and I hope to play them the same way well “, – quotes the Swede's official website competition.

“Soderling has nothing to lose. This is the first tournament final of his career, he won two matches here in straight sets and absolutely deservedly secured a place in the semifinals. At these competitions until he performs the best.

Today I did not enjoy the game. I am very tired. I'm exhausted for this year. I do not know if I can recover for the match against Nadal. I can not say that this year I've played too much. Just as I provide the most played in every tournament, which had planned “- quoted Djokovic Tennistalk.

“I came to the tournament without the confidence that is needed in matches of this level”

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game day met Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Spaniard Rafael Nadal. An unexpected result of the match day forced to rethink the athletes in mind the situation in the group. Miss any of them, almost did not leave any chances to continue the struggle.

Nicholas met with Rafa 7 times and a small advantage in this confrontation could boast of a Spaniard – 4-3. But if you remember this season, the victory was won by Davydenko, not so long ago, namely, a month ago in Shanghai. According to the bookies and experts Davydenko was a favorite of this confrontation.

From the beginning of the meeting Nicholas did not save it in the closet and in the second game of the managed to break-point 2-0. In the long rallies Russians completely overacted his opponent. The number of unforced errors and was small compared to Rafa. All these factors have helped our compatriot in the second game of the flow once again to take Nadal, and accordingly set – 6-1.

Second game in his debut evolved a bit quieter than the first. Each one took his tennis serve, but Davydenko is the first to make and break, sweep 3-2. And then, on his filing was able to play two balls breykovyh losing 15-40. Nicholas sought success mainly due to successful exits to the net and failed to receive the game Rafa 4-2.

But Nadal is not born and shit. The slightest relaxation of Russians turned out for his break dancing won back 4-4. A little later, Davydenko again performed a successful technique, but just to give Rafa is not going 6-6. The fate of the match was decided on a tiebreaker, where the nerves were stronger in our compatriot. At a crucial moment the Spaniard made unforgivable mistakes that took advantage of Nicholas 7-6.

Now, even winning the final match of the group over the reigning champion of the final tournament, Serb Novak Djokovic will not allow Nadal to rely on the semi-finals competition. Raphael for the first time since its debut in the final tournament of the year could not overcome the group stage.

As Davydenko, the Russian, in case of victory over Swede Robin Soderling, join Robin, who became the first semifinalist of Barclays ATP World Tour Finals-2009 from Group B. A Novak Djokovic in this case, go home.

“I went to the semifinals, then, is a sport, anything can happen. I came to the tournament without the confidence that is needed in the matches at this level. And in the moments when you want to show the best game I've played unimportant mistakes. But I fought, I fought in both games. I did everything I could, but it was not enough to win these matches.

But in psychological terms today, I was better than the first game. I had a terrible game when the score was 5-5, but otherwise I was playing in a different way, tried to be as aggressive with the forehand play. It is important that today I played a little better. We need to try to add, even a little bit, but every day “- quoted by the official site of the tournament Nadal.

“Nadal won, I kept the chance of reaching the semi-finals. I was able to two games in the tournament to show good tennis, that I am pleasantly surprised. We'll see if I could showcase their talent in the third round.

Tie-break second set in a meeting with the Spaniard was very important. I concentrated on the game at 100 percent, tried to win at any cost. If you recall, over the past few months, I almost never concede the tie-breaks. This did not happen today “- quoted by the official site of the tournament Davydenko.

Group B

Robin Soderling (Sweden) – Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 7-6,6-1.

Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) – Rafael Nadal (Spain) – 6-1,7-6.

London. Pervoraketstvo guaranteed.

London. The first pancake is always lumpy

Mikhailov, Down-the-line.com

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