January 8, 2011
R. FEDERER/N. Davydenko
6-3, 6-4
An interview with:
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. How did you find Federer today?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: He play very
well, for sure, because I played so many times
against him, and today he was tough. Really
played fast. He give me no chance on the return,
and also he returning good. He's have first serve
very good.
You know, if I was try to play baseline
against him, he was too fast for me today. Just
really was difficult to control, because he, you
know, was surprising me backhand. He play,
you know, also pretty good, you know, long line,
cross, like make so good control.
I don't know if he can holding this level
for the all year, he can be No. 1, because it's
just, you know, easy how he played final. So it's
really, you know, surprising me.
Q.
You said yesterday that you
wanted to play to a top 10 standard this year.
Do you feel you did that today?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yes, yes. My
tennis is okay, really. I don't play -- I don't want
to say I played bad today.
No, played okay. Just Federer don't give
me any chance really to realize my game just
playing, because sometimes, you know, if I have
chance I was -- I can, you know, feel I can do
something, but today I really have low chance.
Just percentage was not so good.
Q. What did you do well? You hit the
ball well sometimes?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Me?
Q. Yeah.
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: If you see,
sometimes I do some couple good serve, first
serves, you know, because I don't have any
other chance to do something. Because if I have
first serve, then maybe have chance to win my
serve.
Baseline, you know, percentage from
baseline, control, he have much better. He made
more winners. He play much faster, and I need
to run. For me, here it's pretty difficult.
Q. What do you expect from yourself
in Australia?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: I don't know
yet. You can ask me maybe after the first round.
(Smiling.) Depends against who I play there.
Q.
If you compare now Federer
playing at very high level to others like Rafa,
Novak, Andy, when they play on the really
best level, who is the most difficult for you to
play when they are top, top?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO:
For sure
Federer, because he play faster. Just good
serve, and, you know, forehand, try to make
winners. It's really difficult.
I need to move pretty fast. I don't know,
last time I play against him, I think he make more
mistake before, and for me was easy to try to
control the baseline, play to the backhand, and
then he just pushing slice, and, you know, I can
hold and control baseline.
Today was -- I have no chance. He
just play -- I play to the backhand, and he just try
to make some, you know, very fast points from
the backhand, also. Long line or short cross or
slice, just make so fast.
Nadal, Djokovic play the same level,
same game, baseline, you know, a little bit slow,
and I have always chance, you know, to control
the ball and fighting for every point against these
guys. That's was -- I don't know. If it's Federer, I
tell you, like if can holding, you know, so fast
playing, all season, it's really -- I be surprising
how he be result for him this year.
Q. You played him so many times. Is
this the best match he played against you?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Maybe him,
yes; me, not. If you see result, it's was different.
You know, sometimes I can beat him. I have
many chance before. Today I have no chance.
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Q. But he never played better against
you than today?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah, I think
so.
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