burj

after slumping to another defeat (lost to Italy's Andreas Seppi) at Rotterdam, Rafa is in Dubai. now that Federer is out, thanks to Andy Murray, this is a good chance for Rafa to capture his first title of 2008. but he should be ready for a new hardcourt battle, as he opens his campaign with a match up with Philip Kohlschreiber of Germany, who took out Andy Roddick in this year's Aussie Open.

he's also playing with Feliciano Lopez in doubles, they're already in quarterfinals to play Bhupathi and Knowles... so good luck to them as well!