Nikolay Davydenko became the first Russian to win the year-end ATP World Tour Finals title after beating Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 at London’s O2 arena.

Davydenko finished runner up in this event last year when it was still held in Shanghai, China. This time he moved one step higher to hoist the championship trophy and pocket $1,510,000 in prize money. He’ll also end the year at number 6, overtaking Andy Roddick who had to skip this tournament due to injury.

“I was [looking at the trophy], until 2008, [there are] so many names there, like Djokovic, Federer, everyone, [Pete] Sampras. In 2009, [it says] Davydenko forever on this trophy. I think it’s amazing. [In the] history of the [Finals], for my name to be there is something amazing for me,” Davydenko said after the match.

US Open 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro fought back from a break down in the third set to defeat Swedish player Robin Soderling 6-7(1), 6-3, 7-6(3) and reach the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals championship round for the first time.

The 21-year old Argentine had a dismal performance during his debut in the competition last year in Shanghai but this time he’s set to become the second player from his nation to win this year-end ATP tournament. The first Argentine player to lift the trophy was David Nalbandian in 2005.

Russian Nikolay Davydenko outlasted top-ranked Roger Federer in a three set thriller at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Saturday to reach the season-ending tournament final for the second straight year. It also marked the end of Davydenko’s 12-match losing streak against the Swiss star.

It seemed like Federer was headed for victory in the third set when he was just two points from the win when he led at 5-5 and 0-30 on Davydenko’s serve. However, the world number seven held on to his nerves to eventually break the Swiss star’s defense and record a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory.

Watch ATP World Tour Finals 2009 Live Video Online Stream HERE.

Doubles Final – 12.30 pm GMT (7.30 am ET)

Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan vs. Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram

Singles Final – 2.30 pm GMT (9.30 am ET)

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)

US Open 2009 champion Juan Martin Del Potro once again proved that his win over world number one Roger Federer last September was no fluke when he outlasted the Swiss star once more in this year’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Now winning two matches in this prestigious year-end tournament, the young player finds himself in the final four of the tournament. In order to progress to the finals for the first time, the Argentine will need to defeat Sweden’s Robin Soderling.

Nikolay Davydenko of Russia successfully booked his place in the final four of the year-end Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 2009 at the expense of defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia. It all boiled down to the player who won the most number of sets as three players in Group B registered 2-1 victories. With a 5-3 edge in sets win, Davydenko made it to the semifinals while Djokovic will have to wait for another opportunity to take the world number two ranking from Rafael Nadal, who left the tournament without any wins.

Day Session [12:30 PM GMT / 7:30 AM Eastern Time]

Mirnyi/Ram vs. Cermak/Mertinak
Roger Federer vs Nikolay Davydenko

Bhupathi/Knowles vs. Bryan/Bryan
Juan Martin Del Potro vs. Robin Soderling

Night Session [7:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM Eastern Time]

Bryan / Bryan vs Kubot / Marach
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Robin Soderling (SWE)

Watch ATP World Tour Finals 2009 Live Video Online Stream HERE.

Day Session [12:30 PM GMT / 7:30 AM Eastern Time]

Dlouhy / Paes vs Mirnyi / Ram
Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Night Session [7:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM Eastern Time]

Bryan / Bryan vs Kubot / Marach
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Robin Soderling (SWE)

Watch ATP World Tour Finals 2009 Live Video Online Stream HERE.

Day Session [12:30 PM GMT / 7:30 AM Eastern Time]

Nestor / Zimonjic vs Bhupathi / Knowles
Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Night Session [7:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM Eastern Time]

Cermak / Mertinak vs Fyrstenberg / Matkowski
Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

Watch ATP World Tour Finals 2009 Live Video Online Stream HERE.

Day Session [12:30 PM GMT / 7:30 AM Eastern Time]

Kubot / Marach vs. Mirnyi / Ram
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Robin Soderling (SWE)

Night Session [7:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM Eastern Time]

Bryan / Bryan vs Dlouhy / Paes
Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

Watch ATP World Tour Finals 2009 Live Video Online Stream HERE.

Day Session [12:30 PM GMT / 7:30 AM Eastern Time]

Bhupathi / Knowles vs. Fyrstenberg / Matkowski
Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Night Session [7:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM Eastern Time]

Nestor / Zimonjic vs. Cermak / Mertinak
Roger Federer (SUI) vs Andy Murray (GBR)

Watch ATP World Tour Finals 2009 Live Video Online Stream HERE.

Live Scores

November 28, 2009 (Saturday)

Singles – Semi-finals
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d Roger Federer (SUI) 62 46 75
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) d Robin Soderling (SWE) 67(1) 63 76(3)

Doubles – Semi-finals
M Mirnyi (BLR) / A Ram (ISR) d F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) 64 76(4)
B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 64 64