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Nadal, Murray reach U.S. Open semis
The world number five, Russia's Nikolay Davydenko returns the ball to Spain's Feliciano Lopez during the Semi finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Friday March 7, 2008. Lopez won the match 4-6 6-4 7-5. (UPI Photo/Norbert Schiller)
Davydenko swept by Rainer Eitzinger 6-1, 6-1 to start off his quest for a third Hypo Group title in four years. He won the event in 2005 and 2006.
Rain has been a problem for schedulers, who saw all matches Sunday washed out and lost three more to the elements Monday.
Sixth-seeded Andreas Seppi won his match but needed to rally from a poor first set for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Ernests Gulbis.
Local favorite Jurgen Melzer collected a first-round win with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Donald Young and Daniel Gimeno-Traver topped Werner Eschauer 6-4, 6-2. Also Monday, Ivan Navarro took out Vincent Spadea 6-4, 6-4 and Jiri Vanek outlasted Martin Verkerk 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.
