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Miami Masters - Final - Men

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Russian FederationN Davydenko66---
SpainR Nadal42---

Nikolay Davydenko

Nationality RUS
Date of Birth 02/06/1981
Height 1.8 m
Weight 69 kg
ATP Ranking 4
Player Info Right-handed; Two-handed backhand

Rafael Nadal

Nationality ESP
Date of Birth 03/06/1986
Height 1.85 m
Weight 85 kg
ATP Ranking 2
Player Info Left-handed; Two-handed backhand
 

Live Comments

  1. 2-6 - ALL OVER! Davydenko has won it. Richly deserved. What a performance.

  2. 2-5 - Davydenko holds easily. Nadal responds with a love game - but surely it's too little too late. Davydenko to serve for the match.

  3. 1-4 - Another break for Davydenko! He leads 4-1 and is on the verge of a famous victory here.

  4. 1-3 - WHAT. A. SHOT. Davydenko with a riproaring cross-court backhand. He can do no wrong. 30-30.

  5. 1-3 - Davydenko romps home to love in his service game.

  6. 1-2 - That's more like it from the world number two. He holds to 15, with a crushing forehand to seal the game.

  7. 0-2 - Nadal needs to find some form here.

  8. 0-1 - BOOM! 40-0 with an ace. This is powerful stuff from Davydenko.

  9. 0-1 - Nadal's making too many mistakes here. His groundstrokes are losing accuracy and too many are ending up in the net.

  10. 0-0 - Well well. Break point Davydenko in the opening game of the second set.

  11. 4-6 - He gets it at the second attempt - Nadal with an unforced error. On the balance of play, Davydenko is worth his lead. But Nadal rarely goes quietly.

  12. 4-5 - Wonderful rally! Nadal's defence was incredible - he got everything back and when given the chance steered a winner past Davydenko. One set point remaining.

  13. 4-5 - Set point Davydenko...40-15

  14. 4-5 - Great forehand from Nadal - he rocks back and hits an in-to-out missile to win the point...then follows up to seal the game.

  15. 3-5 - 30-30. Tense stuff.

  16. 3-5 - Powerful stuff from Davydenko. Nadal must hold serve to stay in the set.

  17. 3-4 - Star spotting - Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson are out in the sunshine, enjoying a typically hard day in the life of a millionarie lothario.

  18. 3-4 - Nadal had only been broken four times in the entire tournament. Davydenko gets his second of the match to lead 4-3!

  19. 3-3 - Davydenko holds, and has Nadal at 0-40, with THREE BREAK POINTS!

  20. 3-2 - Big miss from Davydenko. Nadal sent up a defensive lob and the Russian sent his smash wide. 30-40, break point.

  21. 3-2 - Nadal holds to lead 3-2. He's starting to click now - those superhuman groundstroke missiles are finding their targets.

  22. 2-2 - Great response from Nadal, who breaks to love. This match is shaping up to be a cracker.

  23. 1-2 - Nadal with a couple of swashbuckling backhands...0-30!

  24. 1-2 - Davydenko with the first break! Nadal's first serves were missing and at 0-15 he struck a comical mis-hit into the crowd!

  25. 1-1 - 15-40...break point Davydenko!

  26. 1-1 - Great volley from Davydenko! Nadal's backhand was low and well hit, but the Russian got down well and volleyed a forehand drop-shot winner. 0-15...which becomes 0-30.

  27. 1-1 - Davydenko with a solid first service game. His groundstrokes were fierce and he held to 15 with little trouble.

  28. 1-0 - Nadal takes the first game to 15, in a game which bodes well for the match. Both players are hitting the ball with devilish spin and Nadal's serve kicked like a mule.

  29. - - Nadal would be the first Spaniard - so it's a day of firsts whatever happens. If Nadal wins he'll become only the fourth man to win 10 or more masters titles.

  30. - - Davydenko would be the first Russian winner in Miami.

  31. - - 500 ranking points are on offer today - If Nadal wins he'll move to within 520 of that man R-Fed.

  32. - - Unsurprisingly it's baking hot in Miami and the sun is blazing down on the stadium. The players come out to huge ovations.

  33. - - Nadal beat Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6 6-2 in his semi-final. The Spaniard is playing in his 13th career ATP masters final - he has nine titles so far. Davydenko has one masters title, the BNP Paribas Masters from 2006.

  34. - - These two have met twice before, and Nadal has won both. But Davydenko is fresh from an impressive defeat of Andy Roddick and in excellent form.

  35. - - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live coverage of Rafael Nadal v Nikolay Davydenko in the final of the Miami Masters.

ATP Race 2008

Points
1 Rafael Nadal 955 stay
2 Roger Federer 685 stay
3 Novak Djokovic 649 stay
4 Nikolay Davydenko 371 stay
5 David Ferrer 306 stay
6 Andy Roddick 240 stay
7 Nicolas Almagro 238 stay
8 Stanislas Wawrinka 236 stay
9 Andrew Murray 235 down
10 James Blake 231 stay

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