Nikolay Davydenko Continues To Struggle, Falls to Anderson at Sony Ericsson Open

Kevin Anderson utilized his overpowering actually knock off Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-3 in the 1st round from the Sony Ericsson Classic Wednesday afternoon in Essential Biscayne, Florida. Anderson controlled the flow from the beginning, breaking Davydenko's 1st serve, and winning the first seven points with the match. Through the opening set, Davydenko could only muster four points off of Anderson's serve, in no way winning several point in any game.

Up 2-1 in the second set, Davydenko had his greatest chance to get back in the match when Anderson uncharacteristically double-faulted twice, giving the Russian an opportunity to take a commanding 3-1 lead. But Anderson could hold his serve, after which broke Davydenko to take a 3-2 lead he by no means relinquished. "I remember that game. I hit a pretty good serve at 30-all, so I was fortunate, Anderson told SonyErricsonOpen.com. ???Definitely felt the start of the second set was important simply to preserve my momentum going, and that i was able to manage my service games really well which went a lengthy way within the outcome of the match.

Davydenko's struggles continued, as he had difficulty returning Anderson's serve all match. Coming into the tournament, Davydenko had dropped 5 of seven matches, all on challenging court, exactly where he is notoriously tough to beat. But he was knocked out of a tournament ahead of the third round for the sixth consecutive time?aa far cry from his impressive run to the finals in Qatar to start the year. The victory was yet another huge part of the correct path for Anderson, the South African, who is at the moment enjoying a breakout season.

He won his very first ATP title in the native nation, winning the South African Tennis Open in February, making a good run within the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament. Each players had background with the tournament. Davydenko won the tournament the last time he played in 2008, but has had to miss it the final two seasons due to injuries. Anderson also missed the tournament the last two seasons, but captured his first win over a top-10 opponent right here when he defeated Novak Djokovic within the second round in 2008.