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• Davydenko, Ferrer headline Studena Croatia Open

  7/26/09 11:26 PM | Ricky Dimon
  Hamburg champion Nikolay Davydenko stays on the clay this week, far away from the U.S. Open Series. He is joined at the Croatia Open by David Ferrer, Nicolas Almagro, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Ivan Ljubicic.
  
  
  The hard-court summer swing is in full force in the United States, but the clay-courters still have plenty of their own opportunities at the same time. One week after a 500-point in Hamburg, the dirtballers can now head to either Umag, Croatia or Gstaad, Switzerland. The best of the bunch have chosen Umag.
  
  Umag's Studena Croatia Open is headline by No. 1 seed and Hamburg champion Nikolay Davydenko, No. 2 seed and Hamburg semifinalist David Ferrer, former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Croatia’s own Ivan Ljubicic. Ferrero is experiencing a huge resurgence in 2009 and Ljubicic has already been to the quarterfinals of three Masters Series events this season.
  
  Other threats in the Umag draw include Viktor Troicki, Jurgen Melzer, Nicolas Almagro, Andreas Seppi, Mischa Zverev, and surprise Hamburg semifinalist Pablo Cuevas. It’s a draw that also appears well-balanced, with Melzer, Almagro, Zverev, Cuevas, and Ljubicic joining Davydenko in the top half. The bottom section—perhaps slightly weaker—boasts Ferrero, Troicki, and Seppi in addition to Ferrer.
  
  In a tough third quarter of the draw, Troicki faces a marquee first-round matchup with Maximo Gonzalez, who reached the third round of the French Open. Clay-court specialists Oscar Hernandez and Potito Starace also loom large near Troicki and Ferrero.
  
  Another first-round showdown to watch is Ferrer vs. Daniel Koellerer. Ferrer, of course, is heavily favored, but these two fiery competitors are sure to provide plenty of fireworks no matter the score.
  
  
  
  

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