LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Nikolay Davydenko of Russia holds the trophy as he celebrates winning the men's singles final match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena on November 29, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

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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.