Davis Cup 2010 - Match review Russia vs Argentina
Mikhail Youzhny is the name who put the Russian side back on top in the quarter final match of the ongoing Davis Cup against Argentina on Friday by knocking down Leonardo Mayer in straight sets in order to even the tie at a match score of 1-1.
Youzhny who is twenty eight years of age triumphed in his very first face to face encounter with Mayer 6-3, 6-1, 6-4, who is ranked number fifty eight in the world by ATP.
"I was serving pretty well and that was actually the main reason of my success," Youzhny, who is ranked fourteen in the world, commented after the match.
"Our entire Russian side is under great pressure while contesting this quarter final match of the Davis Cup at home. Nevertheless, I was facing Mayer on the very first occasion but I actually felt quite positive while playing against him and faced just hardly any difficulties on the court."
Youzhny, who is listed number fourteen in the ATP world’s ranking, begins with an instantaneous break. After some time, he succeeded in another break in order to earn a lead of one set just after a period of thirty nine minutes on the court.
The 14th ranked Youzhny was in total authority even in the second set of the match, shattering his contender’s serve on two occasions to raise himself up after a time period of seventy three minutes on the court.
During the third set of the match, Mayer, who is just twenty three years of age attempted to bridge the distance. However Youzhny yielded another break in game number five in order to crush the Argentinean's prospects of preventing the day.
David Nalbandian who is ranked number one fifty three in the world, earlier placed Argentina ahead by defeating Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6) in a total of one hundred and six minutes in order to mark his seventh victory in their twelve face to face clashes.
"Both of us didn't perform at our best. I didn't like today’s battle on the court as we both went on for a number of major mistakes," Nalbandian commented after the match. "However I triumphed in the end and that is the most significant thing as far as this tie is concerned.
"But there is no doubt about the fact that I need to work hard on my game quickly in order to play with fewer mistakes in the rest of the matches."
Davydenko began quite good, managing a break in the game number three of the first set of the match, but Nalbandian came back on two occasions in order to earn a lead of 1-0 in just forty five minutes.
Davydenko, who is listed number six in the ATP world’s rankings, headed forward in the second match set breaking on two occasions from the beginning for a lead of 3-0 before Nalbandian responded with a number of breaks to even at five games all.
In the subsequent tiebreak Davydenko was heading 5-2; however Nalbandian grasped up the heat to gain a total of five points in a row for a two set advantage after a time period of one hundred and eight minutes.
The couple swapped breaks all through the set number three of the match but could not manage to decide the achiever pushing another tiebreak. Nalbandian who is twenty eight years of age once again battled with a higher degree of precision to grab the set as well as the match to put his side in front.
"It was extremely hard for me to contest in the first match for my team," Davydenko commented after the match. . "I didn't participate in a lot of games over the recent past and felt short of confidence today”.
"Although I fought at hundred percent of my present form but it was not enough to triumph in the end”, Davydenko added.
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