Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Sunday for the title at the Shanghai Masters. Here are the highlights :

I love listening to the crowd’s reactions to every winner!
And here’s Davydenko’s post-match interview:

“It was no plan, it just was fighting!”
And of course, this was another highlight of the match – his wife’s [...]

Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.  This is Davydenko’s fourth title of the season and his third career Masters title. Watching him hit those crisp ground strokes and perform his soft-shoe scamper around the court, I remembered: I like watching Kolya play. [...]

So Roger Federer played second fiddle today, taking the court against Tommy Robredo after Melanie Oudin’s big win over Nadia Petrova. He did his best to wow the crowd in his own way, coming back from a tight first set to dominate the Spaniard in vintage Fed style: 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.
I loved what Roger had [...]

The men put in a good day’s work on Day Four of the US Open on Thursday, including some solid wins by Tommy Haas, Fernando Verdasco, Novak Djokovic and Tommy Robredo. Here are some of our snapshots.
*fellow bloggers are more than welcome to use our photos, please link us if you do.

2009 AUSTRIAN OPEN KITZBUHEL TENNIS TV SCHEDULE

World No. 11 Nikolay Davydenko is the highest-ranked player at the Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel, which the ATP Board approved to host a clay-court tournament in 2009 in place of Pörtschach. Davydenko captured his third Austrian title in four years last year, beating 2007 champion Juan Monaco in the [...]

Gotta love the videos coming out of this week’s Estoril Open combined tennis tournament in Portugal.
There’s something oddly entrancing in the pairing of Sabine Lisicki and Nikolay Davydenko:

Equally entrancing – South Americans in wetsuits and Juan Monaco speaking English:

If you are curious about more than beefcake and sweetcakes at the Estoril Open (a combined ATP [...]

Ridiculous stat: Rafael Nadal has a 141-4 win record on clay since 2005.
Okay, back to business: here are some highlights from Saturday’s semi final matches at the Barcelona Open. Rafael Nadal defeated a back-from-injury Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3, 6-2, and David Ferrer took out Fernando Gonzalez in three:  2-6, 6-2, 7-6(5). David described his win as [...]

Spaniards Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Tommy Robredo all won their third round match ups Thursday at the Barcelona Open. Take a look at the highlights, above.
All four of the top seeds will advance, with Friday’s quarterfinals as follows:
Nikolay Davydenko (3) vs. Radek Stepanek (Czech leads head-to-head 4-3), David Ferrer (4) vs. Tommy Robredo (Ferrer [...]