Top seed Davydenko retires from Swiss Open

AP Worldstream; Jul 05, 2005

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with an injured wrist Tuesday
against Armenia’s Sargis Sargsian in the first round of the Swiss
Open.

The Russian had won the first set 6-1 and was leading 1-0 in the
second when he withdrew.

Davydenko retired from his second-round match against Sweden’s Jonas
Bjorkman at Wimbledon last month with a similar injury.

The 24-year-old Davydenko is enjoying the best season of his career,
breaking into the top 10 after reaching the semifinals at Roland
Garros this year. He also won his fifth career title in St. Poelten,
and reached semifinals in Doha, Barcelona, and the Masters Series in
Hamburg.

Previously, Sargsian had won only two matches this season _ defeating
David Sanchez at the Australian Open and Bobby Reynolds in Indian
Wells.

The Armenian has not won back-to-back matches since last year’s
U.S. Open where he beat Alex Corretja, Nicolas Massu and Paul-Henri
Mathieu, before losing to Andre Agassi.

In other first-round play, Romania’s Razvan Sabau eliminated Swiss
wildcard Michael Lammer 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Spain’s Feliciano Lopez
defeated Russian Igor Andreev 7-5, 6-3.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress