April 6, 2008

Nikolay Davydenko Wears Prince (and History) Into Sony Ericsson Final Today

If you're watching today's men's final of the Sony Ericsson between Nikolay Davydenko and Rafael Nadal, you'll notice two things. One, it is the first time that a man from either country has captured the Miami title in its 24-year history. Two, you'll see that Davydenko has switched to the Prince Ozone Pro Tour for this tournament. According to Prince sources, the Ozone Pro Tour is the same cosmetic he has been using but in a denser string pattern. Not only is he using a new Prince frame, but this is his first tournament playing in Prince's new O-Series footwear as Nikolay has been wearing the OV1 shoe throughout the tournament.

Don't believe the new stick is making Nikolay happy? Here is an excerpt from his post-match interview after his win over Roddick:

Q. You didn't start that well. Why are you playing so well here? Because against Tipsarevic you also played well.
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Because I change racquets here after Indian Wells. I have the same racquet, Prince, just -- I have before 16 string; now 18 string. Now I have more control.

Q. What is the racquet? What kind of racquet?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Prince. It's the same Prince, just only 18 string. Little bit more string and I have more control.

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This tournament was really a top one for me from any angel because there was lot of entertainment, top seed games, awesome matches, upsets, and game spirit from every player, superb tournament that was and i wish this will continue in future and really thankful to sony ericsson and the man who initiate this dutta who recently left sony ericsson...nice

Posted by: Sony Ericsson Mobile Games at April 13, 2008 4:58 AM