| 2007 St. Petersburg Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 22–28 October | |||
| Edition | 13th | |||
| Category | International Series | |||
| Draw | 32Q / 32S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $975,000 | |||
| Surface | Carpet / indoor | |||
| Location | St. Petersburg, Russia | |||
| Venue | Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Andy Murray | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić | ||||
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The2007 St. Petersburg Open was atennis tournament played on indoorcarpet courts. It was the 13th edition of theSt. Petersburg Open, and was part of theInternational Series of the2007 ATP Tour. It took place at thePetersburg Sports and Concert Complex inSaint Petersburg, Russia, from October 22 through October 28, 2007.
The singles field was led byATP No. 4,French Open andUS Open semifinalist, and recentMoscow winnerNikolay Davydenko,Doha andMetz runner-up,San Jose championAndy Murray, andDubai andMunich finalist,Rotterdam titlistMikhail Youzhny. Other seeded players wereValencia andKitzbühel runner-upPotito Starace,Indianapolis andBangkok championDmitry Tursunov,Fernando Verdasco,Philipp Kohlschreiber andThomas Johansson.
World No. 4, top seed and home favouriteNikolay Davydenko received a warning and a $2,000 fine for not trying hard enough during his second-round encounter against then-102nd-rankedCroatianMarin Čilić. After cruising through the first set 6–1, Davydenko lost a tight second 5–7, and eventually the third 1–6, committing tendouble faults over the course of the match.Belgian chair umpire Jean-Philippe Dercq decided in the third set to issue Davydenko acode violation for lack of best effort.
The accusation came as the Russian was under investigation from theAssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) after irregular betting patterns were found in his match againstMartín Vassallo Argüello at theSopot 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.[1]
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.[2]
Andy Murray defeated
Fernando Verdasco, 6–2, 6–3
Daniel Nestor /Nenad Zimonjić defeated
Jürgen Melzer /
Todd Perry, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)