Nikolay Davydenko
St. Petersburg, Russia (Sports Network) – Top-seeded Russian star Nikolay Davydenko was an easy first-round winner Wednesday, while fifth-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov moved into the quarterfinals at the $1 million St. Petersburg Open.
The world No. 4 Davydenko, who titled in Moscow two weeks ago, drubbed Italian Filippo Volandri 6-1, 6-1 on the indoor carpet at SCC Peterburgsky. Up next for the U.S. Open semifinalist Davydenko will be Croat Marin Cilic.
In second-round action on Day 3 here, Tursunov overcame Serbian Boris Pashanski 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and seventh-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber blasted Russian wild card Denis Matsukevitch 6-1, 6-1.
Latvian Ernests Gulbis moved into the quarters by handling Chilean Nicolas Massu 6-1, 6-2.
One other opening-round result saw sixth-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco get past Austrian Werner Eschauer 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.
The 2007 St. Petersburg champion will take home $142,000.
Source: www.tsn.ca
