WTF! Davydenko Drops del Potro, Wins World Tour Final
Nikolay Davydenko finished off an incredible week in London by winning the biggest title of his career, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 in the finals of the World Tour Final in London's O2 Arena. Davydenko beat all three 2009 Slam winners on his way to the title, including his first win in thirteen tries over Roger Federer.
del Potro's turned into a pretty classy guy of late, so he would never have brought up what was probably a big reason for his lopsided loss. del Potro had to play the night session on Saturday in the semifinals, meaning that he had a much quicker turnaround than did Davydenko. And after going long with a third set tiebreaker deep in the night, it was always going to be an uphill climb for del Potro to recover fully some sixteen hours later.
There is usually a sense that whoever wins the WTF/TMC/YEC is immediately a front runner to win the Australian Open, but I'm not so sure that's the case here. The heat and quicker surface should keep him from making too much noise down under. But a deep run at the French Open is certainly looking like a decent bet.
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Great game by Davydenko, i wanted del potro to win but the russian played really well, but you’re right the late game affected del potro he just wasn’t himself out there too slow and tired.
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