DAVYDENKO OUT OF AUSTRIAN OPEN

Nikolay Davydenko is one of the finest player and has lot of potential to play against the toughest player. He was pulled out of the Austrian open because of the muscle strain in his left leg. Davydenko has the capability to serve very hard at the opposition. Paul Capdeville of chile will replace the 10th ranked Russian for first round match against Diego Junqueira of Argentina. Last week also he withdrew from the Madrid open because of the leg injury and this week he was completely out of Austrian open. He already won 3 times in the last four Austrian open.

NADAL MEETS DAVYDENKO IN BARCELONA SEMIS

Rafeal Nadal will meet Nikolay Davydenko in the coming semifinals in Barcelona Open. Nikolay Davydenko rallied for a 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2 victory over Radek Stepanek on Friday to reach Semifinals against Rafeal. Nikolay Davydenko is the third seeded and he need to face the top seeded and the best player in clay court. Fourth seeded David Ferrer and Fernando Gonzalez of chile will meet in the other semifinals match. Davydenko is an excellent player of both backhand and forehand. He has excellent timing sense and very high energy level. He made slight mistakes in the quarterfinals and he is gaining to recover from it. He knows that if he makes mistakes in the upcoming semifinals against Rafeal, then he needs to pay for it.

Davydenko used strong returns to break twice more in the third to set up a meeting with the top-ranked Nadal.

The Spaniard is vying to follow up his fifth straight Monte Carlo Masters trophy with a fifth straight title at Barcelona.

RAFEAL NADAL HEADING TOWARDS TO HIS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE TITLE

Rafeal Nadal, top seeded in singles tennis, has just won Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-3. Rafeal Nadal has never taken to 3 sets since his win over roger federer in 2006 Monte Carlo Masters. He has taken 25 straight sets wins. Nadal played two matches on the day as the previous one was a rain delayed match and he won that against Nicolas Lapentti 6-3 6-0. Rafeal said" I am extremely fit to play the second match as the first match wasn't that tight". He feels being a sports player, he should have energy, stamina and power. In the next round Nadal meets Andy Murray, the fourth seeded, who won against Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(1) 6-4. In another match Novak Djokovic will face Wawrinka, who upset federer.