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 The Russian, who won the ATP World Tour Finals title in 2009 and
helped his country win the Davis Cup in 2006, said injuries had
forced him to end his 15-year career.
"I had a lot of injuries over the last few years," Davydenko told a
news conference in Moscow.
"They are still causing me discomfort. The time has come: I am
officially announcing my retirement as a professional sportsman."
Davydenko, never one of the sport's great showmen, consistently
mixed it with the big guns and famously beat Roger Federer at the
13th time of asking in the semi-finals of the Tour Finals in London
five years ago before downing Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in
the final.
His best year on tour, however, was in 2006 when he won five titles
and reached the U.S. Open semi-final, rising to third in the world
rankings.
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He also reached the U.S. Open semi-finals the following year and
made the last four at Roland Garros in 2005 and 2007.
In total, the baseline specialist known for his speed around the
court and durability won 21 titles.
(Reporting By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy; editing by Martyn Herman)
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