Nikolay Davydenko looks for revenge in Hamburg against Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.
Stebe caused a huge upset on Tuesday, stunning one of the pre-tournament favourites in the opening round. Juan Carlos Ferrero secured the 16th title of his career at the weekend in Stuttgart but was sent packing 6-3, 6-2 by the 20 year old German.
Stebe has come from nowhere in the past couple of weeks on the clay courts of Germany, reaching the Stuttgart quarters last week as a wildcard. He stunned Davydenko in round one 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 and in this form he will fancy his chances again on a very similar court.
Davydenko used to win these kind of middling clay-court tournaments for fun earlier in his career but the Russian's tennis has not been the same since a wrist injury stopped him in his tracks early in 2010. He's been very patchy this year, winning the Munich title in May but since then he has lost five of his last six matches.
It's time for Davydenko to arrest his slide so look for him to pull out a typically gritty three set win today.
