Saturday, January 9, 2010

Davydenko shocks Nadal in final

Nikolay Davydenko
Davydenko beat Roger Federer in Friday's semi-finals

Nikolay Davydenko staged a superb comeback to beat Rafael Nadal 0-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 in the Qatar Open final.

The Russian, who beat Roger Federer in Friday's semi-finals, looked to be heading for defeat after Nadal powered through the first set.

Bu Davydenko fought back to level the match in a thrilling second set tie-break and maintained his form to take the third set and with it the title.

Davydenko's win came in two hours and 43 minutes and it was his 20th title.

More soon.

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