Canas to face Nadal in final four
Canas won the Brazil Open on clay earlier this year The Russian second seed withdrew before their quarter-final, giving the Argentine 12th seed a walkover.Canas will now face Spanish top seed Rafael Nadal, who beat Potito Starace of Italy 6-2 7-5.David Ferrer reached the final four in Barcelona for the first time with a 7-6 6-2 win over David Nalbandian.The Spanish fifth seed edged a tight first set against the Argentine fifth seed Argentine before cruising through the second
to clinch victory.Victory for Nadal over Starace took the world number two’s record run of consecutive wins on clay to 70.It also moved him a step closer to becoming only the second man, after Swede Mats Wilander, to win the Barcelona Open three years in a row.Ferrer has beaten Nadal only once in four meetings, on the clay in Stuttgart in 2004.