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Kremlin Cup Moscow

(1) 1 Davydenko Nikolay RUS
2 Safin Marat RUS
3 Korolev Evgeny RUS
4 Kunitsyn Igor RUS
5 Q
6 Istomin Denis UZB
7 Golubev Andrey KAZ
(8) 8 Vassallo Arguello Martin ARG

(4) 9 Andreev Igor RUS
10 Ginepri Robby USA
11 Q
12 Granollers Marsel ESP
13 Gicquel Marc FRA
14 Rochus Christophe BEL
15 Koellerer Daniel AUT
(6)16 Tipsarevic Janko SRB

(7)17 Santoro Fabrice FRA
18 Kuznetsov Andrey RUS
19 Biryukov Mikhail RUS
20 Q
21 Starace Potito ITA
22 Donskoy Evgeny RUS
23 Zeballos Horacio ARG
(3)24 Youzhny Mikhail RUS

(5)25 Cuevas Pablo URU
26 Lu Yen-Hsun TPE
27 Beck Karol SVK
28 Gabashvili Teimuraz RUS
29 Q
30 Fognini Fabio ITA
31 Odesnik Wayne USA
(2)32 Hanescu Victor ROU

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hope he will have great performance in hometown...

[~*BGT*~]

What a horrible draw. If he beats the defending champion Kunitsyn, he gets either Safin or Davydenko But Davai anyway!

[Ad Wim]

Bad draw, but I think he will beat Kunitsyn and hopefully Davydenko pulls out or is tired, then he has a very good draw.

But if you look at the rest of the quarters, it's very tough yeah.

[~*BGT*~]

He and Golubev won their first match in doubles

[alex63]

Solid win today !! and tomorow against Davydenko or Safin there will be a livestream

[cutesteve22]

he's going to face Safin... Do the best anyway...

[cutesteve22]

feel sorry for Marat, but a great win for Zhenya...

[~*BGT*~]

With this win, he should be top 50 on Monday

[Kournikovaism]

Hell yeah . He is going to rule the ATP in 2010.

[jaana]

I finally had a chance to actually see Zhenya play today, with it being an event that I could find a stream for and gosh he did so well!

(haven't followed him for a while, because tennis is my second favourite sport and I take vacations from it ever so often, but now I'm hooked again, which makes me a bit of a gloryhunter, but whatever)
anyway, see he's had some amazing results lately, which I missed of course, damn.
think what I love the most about Zhenya is that his tennis is so fun to watch, he just goes for the shots, no fear at all, even if they fly through the roof a few times during the match.
so, onto the bandwagon!

have you guys heard, btw, when Zhenya was leading 6-5 in the second set, someone from the crowd shouted "Zhenya, have mercy!" (in Russian of course)

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well... Marchenko has solid defence and better return, why Zhenya didn't have plan B when the opponent was not afraid his attack

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Saint Petersburg

(1)Youzhny,Mikhail(RUS) VS Golubev,Andrey(KAZ)
Istomin,Denis(UZB) VS Schuettler,Rainer(GER)
Safin,Marat(RUS) VS Gasquet,Richard(FRA)
Starace,Potito(ITA) VS (5)Andreev,Igor(RUS)


(3)Troicki,Viktor(SRB) VS Beck,Karol(SVK)
Vovk,Stanislav(RUS) VS Phau,Bjorn(GER)
Granollers,Marcel(ESP) VS Kuznetsov,Andrey(RUS)
Q VS (6)Korolev,Evgeny(RUS)

(8)Zeballos,Horacio(ARG) VS Q
Q VS Ginepri,Robby(USA)
Gulbis,Ernests(LAT) VS Mayer Florian(GER)
Q VS (4)Chardy,Jeremy(FRA)

(7)Cuevas,Pablo(URU) VS Kunitsyn,Igor(RUS)
Elgin,Michail(RUS) VS Kukushkin,Mikhail (KAZ)
Fognini,Fabio(ITA) VS Marchenko, Illya(UKR)
Gabashvili,Teimuraz(RUS) VS (2)Hanescu,Viktor(ROU)

[~*BGT*~]

This is the first ATP level event where he's been seeded.

[~*BGT*~]

He's playing doubles with Frank Moser. First round tomorrow.