Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic Highlight Wednesday at ATP Madrid Tennis Masters

After a day in which World No. 1 Roger Federer advanced while seeds Tommy Haas and Juan Ignacio Chela fell, Wednesday at the Madrid Masters features the remaining 13 second round matches including ATP’s Aces King Dr. Ivo Karlovic (with 1,152 on the season) in action.

Leading the way is No. 2 and 2005 Madrid champion Rafael Nadal who'll face Marcos Baghdatis, No. 3 and five-time ATP title winner this year Novak Djokovic who meets Fernando Verdasco and No. 5 and 2006 Madrid runner-up Fernando Gonzalez.

All six matches on Pista Central involve a Spaniard, including two all-countrymen match-ups with No. 7 David Ferrer vs. local wild card Feliciano Lopez, and No. 14 Carlos Moya against 2003 Madrid winner Juan Carlos Ferrero (both former No. 1s). The top two Frenchmen in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, No. 12 Richard Gasquet and No. 21 Paul-Henri Mathieu, also square off.

BAGHDATIS FASTFACTS
Consistent season making quarterfinals or better eight times, highlighted by winning second career ATP singles title at Zagreb (first tournament the week after failing to defend runner-up finish points from Australian Open and dropping from No. 11 to No. 21 in the ATP Rankings, won five matches in Zagreb, incl. over Ljubicic in final).

Two-time runner-up, at Marseille (l. to Simon), Halle (l. to Berdych in first grass court final).

One-time semifinalist, at Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber).

Four-time quarterfinalist, incl. Wimbledon (fell to Djokovic in five set marathon).

Fourth round finish at Roland Garros (l. to Andreev) and three third rounds (all AMS events).

Suffered first round exit at US Open (l. to Mirnyi), but rebounded in only tournament since at Beijing (reaching quarterfinals).

NADAL FASTFACTS
Another incredible season from the 21-year-old Spaniard, maintaining his World No. 2 status throughout (has not budged from the No. 2 spot since first rising to it on July 25, 2005).

Comes into Madrid 62-11 on the season (23-8 on hard) with six titles in eight finals.

Best results have come on clay courts, going 31-1 (capturing five of his six season titles at AMS Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, AMS Rome, Roland Garros and Stuttgart; his only loss on the surface came to Federer in Hamburg final, snapping a record 81-match clay court winning streak; has won 93 of 94 clay court matches since April 2005); won Roland Garros for third straight year, becoming first to do so since Bjorn Borg won four in a row from 1978-1981.

His only non-clay court title this year came at AMS Indian Wells, his fifth career hardcourt title and breaking a 12-tournament drought (hadn’t won a title since 2006 Roland Garros).

Two-time runner-up, at Hamburg (l. to Federer; see above) and Wimbledon (l. to Federer).

Two-time semifinalist, at Chennai (l. to Malisse) and AMS Canada (l. to Djokovic).

Four-time quarterfinalist, incl. Australian Open (l. to Gonzalez in first career quarterfinal at Australian Open, completing his full set of career Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances) and AMS Miami (l. to Djokovic just two weeks after beating him in AMS Indian Wells final).

Has fallen prior to quarterfinals only three times in 17 events, two of those losses caused by retirement (Sydney first round, AMS Cincinnati second round) and the other defeat after winning three rounds (falling to Ferrer in fourth round at US Open - his last event played). (ATP Digital Services)