Nikolay Davydenko pulverizes Michael Berrer in quarterfinal – Kremlin Cup 2011
Fourth seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko pounded unseeded German Michael Berrer in the quarterfinal of the Kremlin Cup 2011. The two had combated swords on indoor hard courts of the Olympic Stadium in Russia. It took Davydenko only
one hour and twenty minutes to get rid of the unseeded German Berrer in straight sets of 6-3, 6-2 on Friday the 21st of October 2011.
Davydenko had opted to serve first as he had won the service toss and easily bagged his first service game to place himself on the scoreboard at 1-0. However, Berrer double faulted on his second serve and endorsed a game to his
adversary. Mean while, Davydenko capitalized on a break and then held his serve to reel off straight three games and rotated the scoreboard with a mini lead of 3-0.
During the following four games the players managed to bag two service games each and the score had shifted to 5-2 by the end of the seventh game. Berrer then held his serve for the last time in the eighth game and the score had
advanced to a 5-3. Davydenko was now only a game away from securing the first set and as she smashed a marvellous backhand crosscourt shot, he secured the opening set and was now one up in the match.
Commencing the second set of the match Berrer and this time he held his opening game and initiated the scoreboard to 1-0. Following behind him was Davydenko, who too bagged a service game and easily placed himself on the scoreboard
at 1-1. During the following two games the players broke each other one after the other and the score tied at 2-2.
It was extremely unfortunate for Berrer as he had double faulted on his second serve of the fifth game and ended up gifting a crucial breakpoint to his adversary. On the other hand, Davydenko not only capitalized from the breakpoint
but also held his serve in the sixth game and took a mini lead of 4-2.
Amidst the last two games, Berrer came under pressure and as he hit a forehand shot it went way ward and he lost an extremely pivotal game. On the contrary, Davydenko not only capitalized from an important break but as he served
for the match, he smashed a marvellous forehand winner down the T and sealed his victory of the set and the match.
The fourth seeded Russian managed to secure a berth in the semi final of the Kremlin Cup and will now be facing top seeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevic.
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