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10/10/08 3:07 AM | David Cox
Nikolay Davydenko has truly established himself in the record books at this tournament. He's the two-time defending champion and going for a fourth crown in the Russian capital.
He's been looking like a potential champion again this week, sweeping aside Florent Serra and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez without dropping a set. Garcia-Lopez was allowed just two games.
Safin, in contrast, has been pushed all the way by Noam Okun and Julien Benneteau. Safin's round-one match with Okun was so tight that Safin himself lost track of the score and didn't realize he'd won when the moment came! On Thursday he had to fight back from a mental lapse in the second set which saw him get bageled 6-0.
Davydenko leads their head to head 4-2 and has been in complete command over the past couple of years, winning the last four matches, most recently a 7-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory at the French Open. They also played in the 2006 final of this tournament, with Davydenko claiming the title after a 7-5, 4-6 7-5 triumph.
Prediction: Davydenko's wall-like qualities to earn him a three-set win.
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