Safin defeats Davydenko
Marat Safin ended a four-match losing streak against world No 5 Nikolay Davydenko in the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
Seventh-seeded Safin blasted down 17 aces against the champion and top seed as he came through 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-4 in almost two-and-a-half hours.
Safin faces Mischa Zverev for a place in the final after he saved two match points before beating Viktor Troicki.
Kremlin Cup
| Moscow: Men's quarter-finals | | |
| M Safin Rus 7 | bt | N Dav'denko Rus 1 |
| 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-4 | | |
| F Santoro Fra | bt | PH Mathieu Fra 4 |
| 6-3 2-0 ret | | |
| M Zverev Ger | bt | V Troicki Ser |
| 6-4 3-6 7-5 | | |
| I Kunitsyn Rus | bt | J Chardy Fra |
| 6-4 6-2 | | |
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Kremlin OpenMoscow: Men's second roundM Safin
Rus 8 bt J Benneteau
Fra 6-4 0-6 6-2 PH Mathieu
Fra 4 bt D Sela
Isr 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 7-6 (7-0)
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