The 2007 St. Petersburg Open was a

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s. It was the 13th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the

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. It took place at the

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, Russia, from October 22 through October 28, 2007. The singles field was led by ATP No. 4,

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and US Open semifinalist, and recent

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winner

Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...

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runner-up, San Jose champion

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, and

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finalist,

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titlist

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. Other seeded players were

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runner-up

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champion

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and

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Davydenko controversy

World No. 4, top seed and home favourite

received a warning and a $2,000 fine for not trying hard enough during his second-round encounter against then-102nd-ranked

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. After cruising through the first set 6–1, Davydenko lost a tight second 5–7, and eventually the third 1–6, committing ten

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s over the course of the match.

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chair umpire Jean-Philippe Dercq decided in the third set to issue Davydenko a code violation for lack of best effort. The accusation came as the Russian was under investigation from the

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(ATP) after irregular betting patterns were found in his match against

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at the Sopot event earlier in the year. Davydenko called the umpire's decision "outrageous", and cited leg pain to explain his loss: "The reality is that I started feeling tired. My legs were just dead by the third set. Maybe my problems are psychological, maybe it's in my head." His opponent, Čilić, backed up Davydenko, saying he did not believe the Russian had stopped trying to win the match. Davydenko appealed, and on November 13, after reviewing and analysing the match, the ATP decided to remove the sanction and rescind the fine, consequently closing the case.

Finals

Singles

defeated

, 6–2, 6–3 *It was Andy Murray's 2nd title of the year, and his 3rd overall.

Doubles

Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; ; born Danijel Nestorović, September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 108 weeks ( fifth-most ...

Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Зимоњић, ; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Ch ...

defeated

Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...

/ Todd Perry, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

References

External links

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