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FACE IN SEMIFINALS OF A RUSSIAN TOURNAMENT OF EXHIBITION IN ABU DHABI

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, number one world ranking, opened the campaign with an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi bringing together most of the best players in the men's circuit but his first appointment of substance will be next week in Qatar.

The Mallorcan will start this competition measured in the semifinals Russian Nikolay Davydenko while on the other side sought a post in the final the Swiss Roger Federer, who also goes directly to semifinals, and Britain's Andy Murray.

Federer-Murray, the other semifinal
Davydenko intersects with Nadal after overcoming the American Andy Roddick 6-4 with a double while Murray, one of the great expectations of the season, did the same with James Blake to 6-2. The Russian, a finalist last Masters in Shanghai in November, was very aggressive entry before a hesitant Roddick.

Before beginning the official tournament on Sunday in Brisbane, Federer and Nadal could contest the first final of the season, before moving to Qatar, while in Chennai will long Davydenko and Carlos Moya from Monday.

Nadal Ivanovic and the head of the U.S. Open series in 2008

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal and serbia Ana Ivanovic premieres in a Grand Slam tournament of their respective terms of world number one, to be located on Tuesday as early favorites of individual Open table tennis United States.



According to the list released by the U.S. Tennis Federation (USTA), Nadal, newly crowned Olympic champion in Beijing, heads a select field that includes 10 Champions Grand Slams, including the former number one of ATP, Swiss Roger Federer, second-seeded in New York.

The U.S. Open, the last of the four biggest tournaments of the season, will be played from August 25 to September 7 in the courts of Flushing Meadows in New York.

Nadal, aged 22, was released on Monday in Firstly the ATP ranking, displacing Federer, who defended the position in the course of 237 consecutive weeks.

The Mallorcan tennis player has won eight of the last ten tournaments he has played, including two Grand Slam: Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

In Flushing Meadows will seek his ninth title of the year and 31 of his career in a tournament on fast tracks which so far has been very elusive.

The Spanish attempts to become the first man in the same year won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, since the legendary Rod Laver do so in 1969.

Behind Nadal and Federer were located on Serbian Novak Djokovic (N.3), the Spanish David Ferrer (N.4), Russian Nikolay Davydenko (N.5), Britain's Andy Murray (n.6), the Argentinian David Nalbandian (N.7), Americans Andy Roddick (N.8) and James Blake (N.8), and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (N.10).

Nalbandián is the best Latino ranked among the 32 seeded men's table, and that includes the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez (n.11) and the surprising Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro (n.17), winner of four successive tournaments this year.

The serbia Ivanovic, 20 years and who won his first Grand Slam title this season in the French Open, ha ido rising as the foam and will be seeking its third parchment of 2008.

Behind her compatriot Ivanovic were seeded Jelena Jankovic (N.2), Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova (N.3), American Serena Williams (N.4), the twice U.S. Open champion and Russian Elena Dementieva (N.5), individual gold medal in the Olympic in Beijing.
The relationship of the 10 first planted in each branch is:

-- Women:
1. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
2. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
4. Serena Williams (USA)
5. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
6. Dinara Safina (RUS) 7. Venus Williams (USA)
8. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)


-- Men:
1. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2. Roger Federer (SUI)
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
4. David Ferrer (ESP)
5. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
6. Andy Murray (GBR)
7. David Nalbandian (ARG)
8. Andy Roddick (USA)
9. James Blake (USA)
10. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

The Russian prevented Rafa won his tenth Masters Series

Crandon Park filled its 14,000 locations for the crown Latin Boy, the boy Hispanic mane as Antonio Banderas, look gang member with handkerchief on the forehead and gestures winner. The guy who, after falling the brazen Djokovic, the emerging Tsonga Don Perfect Federer and the boy home, Roddick should take the cup glass credited to the winner of the Masters Series in Miami, the fifth Grande. That it was resisting the Spaniards.



Guest unexpected
But at the party Rafa Nadal was leaked yesterday by the anti-glamour of the tennis circuit. Nikolay Davydenko, the Russian who sparked the hurricane illegal betting on the ATP with his suspicious withdrawal in Sopot, decided claimed in a large arena. And what Nadal paid. He suffered the wrath of tennis downloads of Ukrainian origin. It provided for a party of substance, played fire, but what was not expected was that Davydenko was a pediment. Let them all and returned well. Have your percentage of points earned with first service be raised to 80%, which was thrown to kill the network in terms saw loophole, that his right to travel cross as a howitzer.

Nadal, who always leaves a bite to achieve a break at the earliest, and saw how in the third game could break Davydenko (2-1). He returned (2-2), but not undermined the confidence of the man who avoided the sponsors. In the shadow quick and clever damaged the coronation of Nadal predisposed to the tier of Miami. The Russian managed another break for 4-3 and made it clear that he would seriously. The first beam was closed at 6-4.

In the second, in a seen and not seen since going 4-1 and 6-2 took a little fall. "Davydenko played unbelievable. And before that there was nothing to do," summed laconic Nadal, leaving Miami with more points on Djokovic and less on his career by reaching Federer. But without the trophy. The surprise invitation to the party prevented finished with nine months of drought.

Tomorrow will face the winner of the Roddick-Davydenko

One point marked the decline of a tense battle. During 72 minutes Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych had a fight dense, very tactical, nothing spectacular. The Mallorcan insisted machaconamente throwing balls long and very liftadas unlike his rival to prevent it using his tremendous right flat. And the Czech used the minimum option to take this hub and martillear.

Nadal, who saved two breaks in his second service and another in the fourth, took their first choice to break the serve of his opponent: 5-3. Berdych saved a ball set in the next game, and with his draw, with two other 15-40. In the tie-break Rafa was 6-3 and had three other balls September. Nor. But then, for Nadal 7-6, Berdych committed double fault, the only one in the whole match, and handed the set.

It ended the war. Oliendo blood, Nadal was launched as a wolf his prey at the start of the second set and broke Berdych for the service to begin. "I knew that he had done twice lack damage and that the next game could be crucial, as was" confirmed Nadal at the end of the match.

It ended the tremendous power of the Czech, who still tried to recover by winning their next two service (4-2). But Nadal already flying. There was no concession to his draw and no longer had that bore with his appeal liftadas ball. His range of strokes was more varied and effective. And Rafa wound up the set with two more games, the last blank: 6-2 in just 29 minutes. Berdych, a huge rock at the beginning, ending broken by the great mental strength of Nadal, which now seems to fail Federer. Tomorrow (19:00, La2 and Teledeporte) Nadal will play the final in Miami. If the wins will be placed only 500 points of Federer. It deserves to be number 1.