And I am going to enjoy it as I enjoyed the Scottish Cup final last season.
Davydenko, who beat Nadal in the final last year, was surprised by his lack of stamina.
Gunners fans were also ferried by their club to the final last year to beat the chaos.
Saints were runners up to Wigan in the Grand Final last season after the Warriors won 22-12 at Old Trafford.
Nadal had won the previous three, including the French Open final last year.
The first big step was beating Germany in the Euro final last year.
The Australian led the team to victory in the Twenty20 Cup final last month, their first trophy since 1998.
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"I lost to Murray in the final last year, so this time I'm hoping for revenge, " said the Spaniard.
Will there be a repeat of 2005 and the World Cup quarter-final last year when England dismantled the Aussie scrum?
"I'm playing well at the start of the year, which is great, " said the 16th-ranked Thai, who reached the final last year.
Indeed, seven of the 11 players who started the Champions League final last year were either home-grown or signed by his predecessors.
Djokovic, a loser in the U.S. Open final last year to Andy Murray, looks like he wants to atone for that defeat.
"It feels amazing, it was a big goal for me to win this title after losing the final last year, " he told reporters.
Whitehead, who was always a popular figure during his previous time at Telford, captained Kidderminster at Wembley in the FA Trophy final last May.
Nadal, who beat Djokovic 6-3 2-6 6-1 in a thirlling final last year, will now face another Spaniard, David Ferrer, in the last four.
Louisville also played without Kevin Ware, a reserve guard who broke his right leg while defending a shot in the regional final last week.
Burdett said: "David took three for not many in the semi-final last year, " but missed the final when the Grange skipper became available again.
In my opinion he did superbly and we have got to thank him for the day out at the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final last year.
Del Potro, who lost to world No. 3 Roger Federer in the Rotterdam final last weekend, will face 2010 champion Michael Llodra in Sunday's final.
In cup competitions the Red Devils have fared little better, losing in the FA Cup final last season and the League Cup semi-finals in 2005.
Russia beat France 3-2 in the final last year, while France won by the same score in the 2003 semi-final before beating the USA in the final.
All the talk pre-match was of the Tigers' powerhouse Pacific Islanders Alesana Tuilagi and Seru Rabeni, so instrumental in the destruction of Gloucester in the Premiership final last weekend.
And still on hurling, did the Ulster final last Sunday week really have to be fixed for the same time as the first football semi-final between Armagh and Fermanagh?
Less than 10, 000 spectators watched Northampton beat Bourgoin in the Challenge Cup final last year compared to the 66, 523 who saw Leinster overcome Leicester at Murrayfield in the Heineken Cup.
The Russian is yet to win a grand slam and wasted another opportunity to end that particular hoodoo when losing to compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open final last month.
"Ruud asked away before the Arsenal FA Cup final last year, then asked away through his representative, and has now asked away himself in writing, " he told the News of the World.
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And it is not clear whether or not he will fit in a rematch against Cuban Mario Kindelan - who beat him in the Olympic lightweight final last August - before joining Warren.
The Tigers, back-to-back European champions in 2001 and 2002, were rattled and showed none of the composure or the clinical approach they demonstrated in demolishing Gloucester in the Guinness Premiership final last week.
Sharp is keen for the Blues to strengthen their squad in order to maintain the momentum, which saw them finish fifth in the Premier League and reach the FA Cup Final last season.
Nadal, whose last title was at the Rome Masters in April, admits Djokovic is the form player in men's tennis after his victory over Roger Federer in the Swiss Indoors final last week.
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