Match 1 Quotes - Davydenko versus Ferrer

31 Dec, 2009

31st December, 2009

Post Match Press Conference Quotes

Nikolay Davydenko

“I made good volleys - good for future matches.Today’s match, I was thinking I would win. I’ve been a completely different player between London and here.  Here, you are just starting to prepare.  After two weeks, you need to have some fighting matches against good players and it’s really good before the Australian Open. You are feeling a little bit more confident – if you play in Abu Dhabi and play some good matches.  It’s good if you win because you have more confidence and you feel better, and for sure you will play better. 4-2 I was thinking ‘yes, a finished match’.  Maybe after  4-3 I lost concentration.  I started to get in trouble, I lost my serve .  At 5 -4 I wasn’t feeling confident anymore. It was a long match, it’s not always so easy to make good serves and I lost my concentration.”

David Ferrer

“He made a few mistakes in the second set and I had my chance there.  It’s the first match of the season - it’s nice to beat a world top ten.  At 4-3 he made mistakes and I was playing very well.”

On tomorrow’s semi-final:

“It will be a very tough fight. Rafa is the best player for Spain.”

On Rafael Nadal:

“He told me he likes Abu Dhabi a lot, the kind people; it’s a good practice for the Australian Open - you can play with the best players in the world.”