Davydenko Into ATP Moscow Quarters
Posted on October 12, 2006Top seed Nikolay Davydenko earned a trip to the Moscow quarterfinals Wednesday following a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Russian countryman Teimuraz Gabashvili.
"It sounds like it was an easy match but it wasn't. He really tested me from the baseline in the first set and I had to serve very well in order to win," said Davydenko, who hit seven aces and broke Gabasvili three times.
Davydenko will next meet Max "The Beast" Mirnyi, a winner over Kevin Kim who retired due to a back injury after dropping the first set 6-0.
Second-seeded Dmitry Tursunov was stunned by 20-year-old Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4). It was Stakhovsky's first ATP-level win of the season after five defeats.
Russian wildcard Igor Kunitsyn moved into the last eight with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win over Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic.
Also posting wins were No. 7 seed Fabrice "The Magician" Santoro who brushed aside Wesley Moodie 6-3, 6-2, but his countryman and No. 8 seed Paul-Henri Mathieu lost to Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(8), 6-4 in first-round action.
"It sounds like it was an easy match but it wasn't. He really tested me from the baseline in the first set and I had to serve very well in order to win," said Davydenko, who hit seven aces and broke Gabasvili three times.
Davydenko will next meet Max "The Beast" Mirnyi, a winner over Kevin Kim who retired due to a back injury after dropping the first set 6-0.
Second-seeded Dmitry Tursunov was stunned by 20-year-old Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4). It was Stakhovsky's first ATP-level win of the season after five defeats.
Russian wildcard Igor Kunitsyn moved into the last eight with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win over Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic.
Also posting wins were No. 7 seed Fabrice "The Magician" Santoro who brushed aside Wesley Moodie 6-3, 6-2, but his countryman and No. 8 seed Paul-Henri Mathieu lost to Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(8), 6-4 in first-round action.