WIMBLEDON R1: Andy destroys Davydenko 6'1, 6'1, 6'4. :-)

[Sallydaisy]

Andy is up against tough competition from the very start of Wimbledon 2012.

His R1 opponent is Nikolay Davydenko (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Nikolay-Davydenko.aspx), currently WR#47 but with a career high of #3 in 2006.

Andy leads their H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402) 5-4 but it's 3 years since they last played each other and the 31yr old Russian has slipped in the rankings during that time. Known to dislike playing on grass the Davy's best effort at Wimbledon has been a 4th round exit in 2007. He was still at his best when Andy first moved onto the Seniors tour but, as can be seen from the records below, Andy has had some good 2 set wins over Nikolay.

The Russian has been capable of beating the best (London ATP Tour Final in 2009) but this is not his favourite surface and his game has gradually diminished. He lost in the R128 at both the OzOpen (Cipolla) and Roland Garros (Seppi) and his best performances this year have been at Rotterdam indoors (S, lost to Federer) and Nice on clay(S, lost to Brian Baker!).

Andy is still suffering from his ongoing back problem sustained at the beginning of the year so getting this match done and won in 3 sets would be the best option for him.




Year

Tournament & City
Surface
Round
Winner & Score


2009
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Toronto.aspx)
Montreal, Canada

Hard
Q
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
6-2, 6-4 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2009
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Monte-Carlo.aspx)
Monaco
Clay
Q
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
7-6(1), 6-4 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2008
Tennis Masters Cup (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/London-Finals.aspx)
China
Hard
S
Davydenko, Nikolay (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Nikolay-Davydenko.aspx)
7-5, 6-2 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2008
Dubai (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Dubai.aspx)
U.A.E.
Hard
Q
Davydenko, Nikolay (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Nikolay-Davydenko.aspx)
7-5, 6-4 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2008
Doha (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Doha.aspx)
Qatar
Hard
S
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
6-4, 6-3 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2007
ATP Masters Series Indian Wells (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Indian-Wells.aspx)
CA, U.S.A.
Hard
R16
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
7-6(3), 6-4 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2007
Doha (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Doha.aspx)
Qatar
Hard
S
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
7-5, 6-2 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2006
US Open (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/US-Open.aspx)
NY, U.S.A.
Hard
R16
Davydenko, Nikolay (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Nikolay-Davydenko.aspx)
6-1, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)


2006
ATP Masters Series Indian Wells (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Indian-Wells.aspx)
CA, U.S.A.
Hard
R64
Davydenko, Nikolay (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Nikolay-Davydenko.aspx)
6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=D402#)

[Maza1987]

Wednesday?
I thought they always play the first round matches over two days?

[Alis]

Wednesday?
I thought they always play the first round matches over two days?

I thought so too Maza - I thought it was only the US Open where the first round was still being played on Wednesday.

[Linda]

I assume that the mention of Wednesday is in case of rain delays.

[Sallydaisy]

I assume that the mention of Wednesday is in case of rain delays.
Yes!!! Given what the weather has been like the last few weeks over here!!!
Showers are currently forecast for Tuesday between 13.00 and 19.00.
Andy would be fine to get his match played provided he is put on Centre Court (roof).

Wimbledon, unlike the other Slams, aims to complete R1 on Mon/Tue, R2 on Wed/Thur and R3 on Fri/Sat. This is because, unlike the other Slams, there is no play on middle Sunday.

Then they have 'super-Monday' which has ALL the R16 matches for the Mens and Ladies draw.
After that the Ladies play Tues Qtrs, Thurs Semis and Saturday 7th July Finals.
The Men play Wed Qtrs, Fri Semi's and Finals on Sunday 8th July.
Rain permitting .......

[JAMES4578]

Certainly not the easiest of openers but mind you Davydenko is not the player of old and grass has never been his best surface. Having said that can't take anything for granted as it could still be a challenge in the opening round. However, let's hope Andy is in good form and gets his campaign underway in a confident manner.

[RoastLamb]

I'm amazed Davy's even turned up. He hates playing on grass and doesn't seem to like either Wimbly or London. I reckon this'll be fairly straightforward for Andy.

[Fina]

Good luck, Andy. One match at a time. I've got everything crossed for you. Sending you positive vibes. <zen>

[rouges]

Looking at Andy's 1/4 of the Draw, I don't see any of them troubling him if he is well, healthy and pain-free in a 5 setter except for Ferrer who did well last week. I'm sure he is going to be up to his #4 ranking against the lot of them. Del P is carrying a knee injury. I think the "Joker" has a harder task against Berdych, Gasquet, Lu and Amalgro. Good health and luck Andy.

[jamie&andy's fan]

Good luck Andy !!! :):) I cant wait to watch him

[Caro]

When I saw the draw I drew a sharp intake of breath, Andy has not won a match on grass yet this year ... BUT when I think about it logically, I know that Davy hates grass and isn't the player he once was. Let's just hope he doesn't get fired up by playing a top 5 player in a grand slam ... Andy can do this and use it to kick start a brilliant Wimbledon, Go Andy :cheer::swingin:

[patmoren]

Andy seems to cope well with the big servers. He has one of the best returns in the game.

[david1610]

Davy - the only top ten player Andy has beaten on clay - though this is grass! Good luck Andy!

[Sallydaisy]

Davy - the only top ten player Andy has beaten on clay - though this is grass!
Davydenko's record on grass really is rather woeful - he even lost to Lee Childs in 2003!!!

His career grass court record is *9W/18L of which Wimbledon 7W/10L (see below), Queens 0W/2L, Halle 2W/4L, Den'bosch 0W/2L (including losing to well known grasscourt specialist Willy Canas)
;)

Here's his Wimblers low-down:


Year
ND rank
Round
Lost to player/rank
Score
Beat in Rnd,
Plyr,Rnk,Sets


2002
84
R1/R128
Kratochvil #45
4-6, 2-6, 4-6
.


2003
35
R1/R128
Childs #487
6-2,6-7(2),6-1,6-7(5),2-6
.


2004
59
R1/R128
Verkerk, #56
6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 5-7
.


2005
7
R2/R64
Bjorkmann, #97
7-6(4), 2-1 RET
R1 Draper,787 3


2006
6
R1/R128
Falla, #127
6-2, 6-7(4), 6-7(8), 3-6
.


2007
4
R4/R16
Baghdatis, #16
6-7(5), 6-7(5), 3-6
R1 Korolev,79 3
R2 Guccione96 5
R3 Monfils,73 3


2008
4
R1/R128
Ben Becker, #116
4-6, 4-6, 4-6
.


2009
11
R3/R32
Berdych, #20
2-6, 3-6, 2-6
R1 Evans,305 3
R2 Crivoi,87 3


2010
5
R2/R64
Brands, #98
6-1, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 1-6
R1 Anderson95 4


2011
27
R1/R128
Tomic, #158
5-7, 3-6, 5-7
.



* I have no idea why the ATP stats don't add up. Taking the grasscourt events individually I make it he's won 10 matches but the ATP has 9.
:confused:

[Linda]

He hasn't won a match at Queens :confused:

[Sallydaisy]

He hasn't won a match at Queens :confused:

Oops, you're right. I had him down as a R1 win in 2006 but he got a Bye!!!
:doh:

He then lost in R2 to Jimmy Wang, WR#95 back then, now #207.
:p

[pabbers]

Oh heck does this call for a right royal

:cauldron:

on my part?????

[wriggles]

Just been watching murray montage clips for the last hour lol bloods pumping so excited now!!!

[traveller7]

Hope it goes well will watch the higlights in the evening as will be travelling to stratford upon avon in the day!

[Caro]

Depending on the time I may still be at work but my last day then off for the rest of Wimby :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

They often put Andy on last match so that people like me can watch after work ... here's hoping

[jaysee]

According to Neil Harman:

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes Tomorrow on Centre court: Kvitova, Nadal, Murray. No.1 Hewitt/Tsonga, Azarenka; Roddick/Jamie Baker

A couple of good matches on No 1 but, as expected, I won't get to see Andy

[JAMES4578]

Too bad Jaysee, it does suit me though. Working this week but starting and leaving earlier, look forward to seeing Andy in action!

[RoastLamb]

Sorry Jaysee! That must be v. disappointing indeed for you. Linda must be stoked she got a ticket for centre court tomorrow. I know I would be.

[WimbledonAce]

Thought they would have put tsonga-hewitt on centre, I am looking forward to that one!

[Linda]

Sorry Jaysee :hug: Still, Tsonga/Hewitt should be a good one.

[WimbledonAce]

Yep, I am thinking of trying for thursday but can see them moving andy to court 1. Dilemma!

[Fedex]

I predict Andy in straight sets. Davydenko is sadly not the player he once was...

[wriggles]

what time do we reckon this is going to be on..im off work all day but do some private work between 5.30-8pm..which is probably when the match is going to be on?!!! :'( argh

[pabbers]

I'm thinking if I get home by 4.30pm that should be ok. BBC is a nightmare - you just can't tell which match is going to be on which channel for recording purposes or on the red button for that matter (which Sky+ won't record at all - when we used our simple dvd recorder in days gone by you were able to record the red button that way :rolleyes:)

[cazza99]

They have just closed the roof. I hope it will be open again for Andy's match otherwise it could help the donkey.

[cazza99]

They have just closed the roof. I hope it will be open again for Andy's match otherwise it could help the donkey.

Looks like they didn't close it in the end. Hope it stays open.

[DaveArneRiise]

ETA for Andy anyone?

[Alis]

Well it originally looked as though Rafa might drop the first set but he's now back in it, so I would reckon about 6 o'clock or thereabouts - as long as there are no more rain breaks that is.

[Jane]

All the very best of luck, Andy:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::wave:

[Manaus]

Just in time for this. :) All the best Andy, go for it!

[Manaus]

Lloyd and Castle...great.

[Sallydaisy]

Lloyd and Castle...great.
And McEnroe.
:rolleyes:

[Manaus]

Here we go! :cheer: Davy serving first.

[Manaus]

Early BP! Take it Andy!

[Manaus]

Easy peasy hold for Andy :thumbup:.

[Manaus]

Break in the bag! Well done Andy!

[Nina]

I'm going in the Embassy for British visa, tomorrow ..

Wish me luck :)

[Nina]

this 2 great shots!
:yahoo:

[Manaus]

I'm going in the Embassy for British visa, tomorrow ..

Wish me luck :)

Good luck!

Andy playing great at the moment 3BPs for a double break!

[Manaus]

Beautiful shot to take the break! 4-1. :cheer:

[MurrayAOne]

Team Murray T-shirt on...Come Oooooooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Manaus]

Breadstick time?

[Nina]

wow
didn't expect this 6/1
wooooooow

Andy Andy :yahoo:

[Manaus]

Munch munch :breadstick: easy peasy lemon squeezy for Andy, 1st set 6-1! :cheer: :cheer:

[david1610]

Two more of these would be great. Davy has always had great angles but today there is not enough pace of shot to make them always effective. Other than that......
C'mon Andy!

[Sallydaisy]

:breadstick:

Good going Andy!!!

:wimble:

[Nina]

5-3 Ward leads

[Alis]

Great start Andy - keep it going!

[Nina]

2-0 wuhuuu huhuhuuu

[Manaus]

Early break in 2nd set. :cheer:

[Nina]

6-3 Ward wins

[Sallydaisy]

Breadstick time?
Lol - we've renamed the :baguette: smiley to breadstick. Much more appropriate, no?

[Manaus]

In other news, Ward takes the final set 6-3 and is through to the 2nd round. :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Andy leads 4'1 in the second set and by 1 set to love (6'1).

[Manaus]

I was thinking that this could be a tough match but Andy is cruising this. Playing fantastic so far.

[Manaus]

More breadsticks on the way I think! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

:breadstick::breadstick:

[Manaus]

:breadstick: :breadstick: yum yum. Loving this, 2 sets down, 1 to go!

[Sallydaisy]

Just spotted Andy's granny and grandad in the audience.
:)

[Manaus]

No problem for Andy another early break. :)

[Alis]

Andy's playing brilliantly - so good to see. Even Lloyd and Castle are struggling to find anything derogatory to say.

[Manaus]

2 games to go, nearly there!

[Sallydaisy]

2 games to go, nearly there!

http://www.podforyou.com/forums/Smileys/classic/hd.gif

Knock on wood 3 times anti-jinx smiley to the rescue ..........

[Mandiemoo]

Just had to make sure it is Andy I'm watching on centre court playing his first round match as there's been no drama so far.

[Alis]

C'mon Andy - finish it off now!

[Nina]

Just found out. our player got a wild card for Olympics

[Mandiemoo]

Matchpoint on Davydonkey serve (had to trot that one out)

[Manaus]

MP! :yahoo:

[Manaus]

Meh Davy holds. Serve it out Andy!

[Mandiemoo]

2 mp's gone begging so Andy to serve for it.

ATTENTION TWITTERERS:
After the match, Andy Murray will be using his BBC column to answer your questions. Send them to us via Twitter using the hashtag #AskAndy and we will put the best few to Andy a little later. The quirkier the better!

[RFS]

Come on Andy - nice and easy. I need to get through the rest of my Court Reporting Past Papers before winding down from a day of revision and nightmare 15 mins here and there of shorthand

[Jane]

Well done, Andy - a magnificent job:cheer::cheer::cheer::yahoo::yahoo::)

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

And that was wonderful way to answer daft Davy's comments to the press.
:p

[Manaus]

Fantastic stuff! 1st grass match win of the year and done in style. Well done Andy! :yahoo: :cheer: :clap:

[RoastLamb]

Well done Andy!!! Awesome first match. :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[Mandiemoo]

Fantastic start. 1 down 6 to go!

[Nina]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

And that was wonderful way to answer daft Davy's comments to the press.
:p

What he said?

[RoastLamb]

Third set score is 6-4 not 6-3.

[HoopGirl]

Fantastic game - looking so good! Keep it up!

[traveller7]

Well done Andy caught the last set pure class!

[Jan]

great Andy!! :yahoo:

[Manaus]

What he said?

ESPN link to Davy's comments (http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/157424.html)

[Nina]

I wish Andy beat Haas too!
He said something similar 2 weeks ago..

[SamP]

I was going to write BISH BASH BOSH, but thats far to crass a way to describe that win.

Pure Artistry.

[JAMES4578]

Andy was pretty awesome today and fab he was so assertive at the start of the tournament, the forehand really was impressive! Davy maybe didn't have the weapons to really test him but nonetheless Andy was rurthless, great to see and a joy to watch!:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Katie]

That was brilliant! When Andy plays with such variety, he really is a joy to watch. His game is perfect for grass. :)

[Jan]

Great to have an Andy match when there was no need for the sofa!
Fantastic to watch him play like that!

[Tie-break]

I didn't read Davydenko's comments about Andy until now so in retrospect I'm enjoying the demolition even more. Great way to start the fortnight and I hope Andy keeps hold of that form all the way through.

[Madeline]

Great to get home this afternoon after my trip to Wimbledon yesterday, and watch Andy put in such an impressive performance. I wonder if he had heard about Davydenko's comments (I hadn't heard of them either, until I read through this thread)? I noticed there wasn't a very warm handshake at the end!

[DaveArneRiise]

Yeer get in there baby :cheer:

[harriet]

yeh, got the W, but neearly let davy back in to it in the third, Mr Lendl will lay into him for that

[ljs]

thought Andy played incredible out there 2day !!! He Bossed Davy around as it should be !!!

As for Davy's comments , I think it reflects more on him than Andy , so glad Andy beat him good !!

[cazza99]

Well done Andy :yahoo: :yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

yeh, got the W, but neearly let davy back in to it in the third, Mr Lendl will lay into him for that
Yep, allowed the Russian 4 games in that 3rd set. Terrible.

[DaveArneRiise]

If Nikolay had any hair left he sure as hell doesn't anymore after that run around :rolling:

[supergran]

:wimbly:Andy showed class and intelligence in his shot-making today. An absolute joy to watch. :cheer::cheer::yahoo::yahoo:

[-J-]

so relieved could have tricky, well done Andy
sounds like he played well

[Linda]

Just got home and not read any of this thread. But, what a difference! He was a completely different player to the one I saw at Boodles on Wednesday. No sign of any back trouble whatsoever, and played really well.

[Alis]

Just fantastic play from our boy - well done Andy!!!!

[Linda]

Just looked back a couple of pages. I've read that Haas apologised to Andy, saying that his remarks were taken out of context, and reading that report of what Nikolay said, it seems to me that his remarks have also been taken out of context. I'm sure none of the players really have a gripe with Andy over this.

[david1610]

Just looked back a couple of pages. I've read that Haas apologised to Andy, saying that his remarks were taken out of context, and reading that report of what Nikolay said, it seems to me that his remarks have also been taken out of context. I'm sure none of the players really have a gripe with Andy over this.
I suspect there are two levels of player comments - one will be the dressing room banter e.g. if a player seems to be very conscious of his/her appearance, and is always preening, I am sure players will make fun of that. I suspect players may comment on the fact that Andy sometimes looks half-dead on court and then a few seconds later shows in his movement he is one of the most athletic players on the tour - we comment on how he looks during matches! I am sure they might have a joke at Andy's frequent chiding of himself.
Fair enough....
The other level I suspect is that players off camera/mic probably comment on players who are always calling trainers on, skating thin with the rules and sportsman/womanship, and who retire hurt seemingly at the drop of a hat. The players will have their own list of the players who are the least angelic, shall we say. I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Andy will be regarded as an opponent who plays fairly and squarely and who wins or loses as a result of his tennis.
So no need to worry methinks!

[pabbers]

Andy played great tennis and it was a joy to behold. I'm not getting over-excited though because, let's face it, Davydenko on grass is a bit like a rabbit in headlights. What really pleased me was that Andy had the opportunity to practise and gain confidence in some of the shots he must have been practising and he pulled them off a treat. So they should be in the armoury ready for the next round. He was moving well and looked like he was playing with intent - none of this winning a set or 2 and then ending up having to play 5 because of loss of intensity and focus. All this will stand him in good stead when facing whatever is to come.

[scrapaddict]

What a fantastic performance from Andy - and he looked so nice too! Great to see him with a proper shave and in white.
However he let his tennis do the talking and it was a pleasure to watch
Well done and thank you for the pleasure it gave me to watch

[jamie&andy's fan]

SO PROUD OF OUR ANDY !!!!!!!!! WELL DONE SWEETHEART :yahoo:

[WimbledonAce]

Think bouncy had been on the happy pills - had andy in the final already!

[supergran]

He is an idiot!!:barmy::furious:

[Alis]

Think bouncy had been on the happy pills - had andy in the final already!

Coming from Bouncy - that's the kiss of death!

[rondun]

Pay no heed - just remember that Andy has lost more matches than that muppet ever played on tour.
And won more than 4 times as many!

... And following on from that, andy has won more matches than Lloyd & castle lost between them.
Which is quite an achievement considering they are both such prolific losers!

[-J-]

Think bouncy had been on the happy pills - had andy in the final already!


Coming from Bouncy - that's the kiss of death!


Pay no heed - just remember that Andy has lost more matches than that muppet ever played on tour.
And won more than 4 times as many!

... And following on from that, andy has won more matches than Lloyd & castle lost between them.
Which is quite an achievement considering they are both such prolific losers!:rolling:

[-J-]

Rather disappointed BBCiplayer arnt showing the reruns, and cant even find highlights

[Madeline]

Try this, J - I don't know how long it will be available but it is there at the moment: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/categories/sport/tennis

It's the entire match, 1hour 41min.

If you don't have time for that, there is just over a minute's highlights on http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18588890

[-J-]

try this, j - i don't know how long it will be available but it is there at the moment: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/categories/sport/tennis:thanks:
thanks , found it hiding in the back of a closet on bbc website this morning, just finished watching it

[Madeline]

Yes, you need to be Sherlock Holmes at times to find anything there!