Nikolay Davydenko showed an amazing performance against world number two Rafael Nadal and even surprised himself by taking the Shanghai Masters title in straight sets.
The Russian admitted that he was tired after his long encounter against Djokovic in the semis, and felt like he had no chances of winning the match against Nadal when it was 4-4. But in the first set tiebreak he made three beautiful backhand winners to take it 7-3, and then he was all over Nadal after that, as he took the second set 63. This win gets Davydenko closer to qualifying for the year-ending championships as he is now number seven in the race and marks his fourth title win of the year and his third Masters title of his career.
Great effort from Davydenko!
Bravo!
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