Federer feeling the heat
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...won just one third-tier tournament this year (Estoril), and in that one, his final opponent (Nikolay Davydenko) retired. Last year at this time, Federer had three titles, including one Grand Slam (Australia) and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2008How far can the French fly?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comIt wasn't exactly Barack Obama-grade hope, but during the first week at Roland Garros, the U.S. men -- sans Andy Roddick, who missed the second Grand ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2008It's the luck of the draw
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comThey don't make draws like they used to, and that's a real shame as we sit here asking ourselves the same question: Who's going to get Novak Djokovic ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 22, 2008Thrown into the deep end
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...didn't exactly look overpowering -- he squeaked out a tiebreaker but was down a break when Nikolay Davydenko quit the match with a bum leg. Sure, Nadal is going to be the odds on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2008Good to be Andy
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...is 2-2 with Nadal and 1-1 with Djokovic. He's also 5-1 versus Nikolay Davydenko. Except Federer, the only guy currently ranked above Roddick with a winning H2H against him is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2008My Davis Cup clutch players
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Czech Republic is up against a formidable Russian squad led by newly crowned Key Biscayne champion Nikolay Davydenko. The team includes wildly unpredictable and badly slumping Marat Safin (himself a former hero in this...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2008Champions' fatigue
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...stars. Who would have predicted that Mardy Fish would reach the Indian Wells final, or that Nikolay Davydenko would deny Nadal in the championship match in Miami -- after Djokovic was bounced out in the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 07, 2008Fish comes full circle
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...and recent world No. 1 (Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt, respectively), as well as top 10ers Nikolay Davydenko and David Nalbandian. And he gave a good account of himself in the Pac Life championship...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2008What's in store for 2008?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...he wins his first major and takes off the blinders that get him there. No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko: Dude has to make sure he doesn't get stoned in the marketplace by an angry...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 28, 2007Stocking stuffers
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...who has coiffed John Edwards and Roger Federer. Andy Roddick: Tonya Harding's cell phone number. Nikolay Davydenko: A consulting producer's role in the new HBO series, "The Sopranokovs." David Nalbandian: Six-pack...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2007Gap closed on Fed in 2007
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comWell, it's official; there's nothing left to look forward to in pro tennis until the start of the new year. The good news is that the new year is less...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2007Russians deliver for home fans
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...were scratching (or banging) their heads, asking, "Why can't that be me?" Elena Dementieva and Nikolay Davydenko, a pair of Russians who had struggled mightily this year, did what neither Lleyton Hewitt, Amelie...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2007Gambling reaching tipping point
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...booking agents Betfair closed down the betting on an early-round match between World No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko and Martin Vassallo Arugello in the tennis hotbed of Sopot, Poland. Betfair decided something was up...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2007It's plug-pulling time
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...open secret. Not that this doesn't leave some interesting scenarios, if you like watching, oh, Nikolay Davydenko and Dominik Hrbaty (last year's Paris finalists) slug it out for a nominal Masters title...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2007Grand Slam efficiency rating
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...21, but a former No. 1 whose career average in Slams is 2.97). No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko has played in 27 majors, but his average is an anemic 1.85. It may be...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2007TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "nikolay davydenko" make the list?
