Nikolay Davydenko Quotations

Usually it's not easy to break Rusedski. But today he was struggling a bit with his serve and I tried to play some long rallies with a lot of top spin and slow down the speed.

I did not want to think too much about it because I was very close but still needed to win matches and points,

I can keep playing, get a massage at the start of every set,

I feel some pain in my foot, but I am ready to face Rusedski.

I don't think anybody believed that I was going to win that match. I didn't believe myself.

I expect to be ready for Wednesday. I'll be ready to play Rusedski.

I even thought I could lose today but I am happy I was able to play well and finish the match rather easily.

Today, it was my mistake because we had different balls (than were used in Montreal and Cincinnati). I tried to make it different, my tension for strings was harder here and I tried to make no mistakes because the tension was hard and I had more control. I tried to come back but at 6-5 broke my string. I took my old racket and I lost in the tiebreak. I played really slow, Chela played good today and tried to make winners, and for me, if I play slow I can beat nobody.

He was running too much. He was already tired after the second set. I think I had more chances to beat him then.

He did not give me a chance to show my game,

It feels great. It's such a big achievement as there are 1,000 players in the rankings and I will be among the top eight. I know the Tennis Masters Cup is a very special tournament and now I will experience it.

I was nervous at the start of the match and made too many mistakes. It doesn't matter who I face next, I'll have to play better.

We have a good chance of beating France because Marat is here. I think the French are afraid of him, just by his very being here even if he does not play. They have all been beaten by him.

The fact that he's not a big server was something good for me, especially on this surface. The court is not that fast but against a good server things can turn out to be really difficult.

Every day is a different day. For me, today was a bad day. Today, I was warming up and it (the balls) were not so fast like before like it was on Monday or yesterday. I tried topspin, anything just to win but I can?t. I just said to my coach, ?I can?t do anything.? I am happy it didn?t happen in the Grand Slam, in the U.S. Open.

(Croatia's) main advantage will be the line officials,

Entering into semi-finals is a big chance. I think it's great for me because if you get some chance, you need to take this chance.

Agassi started play well but then in the second set, I think he had some injury and never played well again, ... I can only worry about my own future here. I have two more matches.

Something happened -- I tried running. It was difficult. I tried to fight and was winning the third, fourth and fifth -- easy!

It's a big chance for me but this surface is very difficult,

I tried to play a little bit longer and slower to make it easier for me but he didn't give me many chance to make winners for me.

It?s because I?m in America, ... It?s enough for me that Russian people know me. French people also know me. In America, I need to do something good, like play great in a Grand Slam or prove (himself) in a tournament like this on TV. Tennis is not important in America like it is in Europe.

It's not a serious injury but it's painful. It's been a long season and my body needs a rest.

In the second set, it was tough at 4-3 when he tried to break back. It was a long game and tough for the concentration. It was very important for me to win that game. I just tried to run everything down and win every point out there.

In the beginning, I concentrated, ... My play was steady and then some problems appeared ? fatigue in the shoulder and right hand. I had to change tactics and choose another rhythm.

I think nobody believe I can win match today because I was already in third set, was like losing my serve 4-3, he's serving. I try like play the same, you know, try to fight. This game I win like 4-all and then try come back, was 5-4. But it was difficult also in the third set. Finish the set because he running good, I try to running also good, and we play a long rally. Was important make no mistake. He make like many mistake in the third set. This is for me good.

I broke all my rackets. I didn't have a racket for the fifth set. I broke four. Now I hold the record. Now I go home. No rackets. I really don't like these rackets.

It was difficult after losing the first two sets and in the third set I was a break down, but something happened and I tried to run and keep fighting and I kept swinging in the third, fourth and fifth sets.

You don't think about anything because you just try to playevery game, every point. If you get some chance, you try to take this chance.

She's my wife, not my girlfriend. Maybe for her it is better. For me, she's still the same girl, just my wife

Wimbledon is the world's most boring tournament. There's hardly anything to do apart from tennis. You constantly find yourself yawning - there's no entertainment here.

If I didn't have [a] wife, maybe I can say, 'Yeah, I'm disappointed I'm not maybe good looking.' ... I don't know about China, but in Russia, I still look good.