Nadal to play Davydenko in Shanghai final

(AP) - SHANGHAI - Rafael Nadal advanced to the Shanghai Masters final on Saturday after Feliciano Lopez became the ninth player to retire from the tournament. The unseeded Lopez said he woke up with a right foot infection, and then twisted his right ankle on the last point of the first set. He was trailing 6-1, 3-0 when he retired. The top-seeded Nadal will play in Sunday's final against sixth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who outlasted second-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1). "He's playing very well today," said Nadal, who holds a 4-2 advantage over Davydenko in their previous meetings. "He has a lot of rhythm, and he's playing with a lot of intensity. It's going to...

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