Gasquet stuns Davydenko
September 03, 2010 10:01:56 UK
Nikolay Davydenko is out of the US Open after a stunning performance from France's Richard Gasquet saw him send the sixth seed crashing out in the second round.
Gasquet's first round win was his first grand slam win of the year after early exits in Australia and Paris and missing Wimbledon with a rib injury.
And the 24-year-old carried on where he had left off against Germany's Simon Greul, dismissing Davydenko by the same scoreline of 6-3 6-4 6-2.
Richard Gasquet is now 10001.00 to win the US Open outright while Roger Federer remains fancied at 2.10.
Davydenko, who missed 11 weeks of the season after breaking his wrist in March, is the highest seed to fall in New York so far, he joins seventh seed Tomas Berdych and ninth seed Andy Roddick in making an early exit.
Mardy Fish continued his impressive form to power into the third round, Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas served for the opening set at 5-4 before Fish stormed back to win 15 of the next 17 games to complete a 7-5 6-0 6-2 victory.
After knee surgery at the end of September last year, Fish hired a nutritionist to help him get back into shape, it certainly worked well for him, with the 28-year-old losing over two stone.
Since then, Fish has won back-to-back tournaments for the first time in Newport and Atlanta and finished runner-up in Cincinnati where he lost to Roger Federer in the final after beating British world number four Andy Murray.
"I really got aggressive with my training once I knew I was able to put in long hours and not get injured or have nicks and bruises and things like that which come up when you're probably not in your best shape," said Fish, who is currently 10001.00 to win the US Open outright.
"And it really got fun. It got fun to practice. It's fun to try to outlast guys and it's fun to see when you play a match like today and you're in the heat and you crawl back and win that first set.
"You kind of look over in the changeover and see the guy has got the ice towel around his neck and he's probably not feeling that well. That's why you put in the work."
The men's round two matches continue today with highlights including;
David Ferrer (1.12) v Benjamin Becker (5.50)
Andy Murray (1.005) v Dustin Brown (21.00)
Sam Querrey (1.11) v Marcel Granollers (6.00)
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