Can Nikolay Davydenko challenge for the Paris title? You bet he can!

In 2007, Nikolay Davydenko was in big trouble. Although ranked in the world's top 10 and having no shortage of success, the betting scandal allegations from a tournament in Poland caused the Russian to be in the constant media spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

Allegations of match fixing from betting exchange Betfair made all the headlines - and the reputation of not only Davydenko but the whole of tennis was put in jeopardy.

Thankfully, for the good of the sport, things seem to be dying down in the media world and the cameras are focusing on actual on-court events rather than those off the court. The clay-court season is under way and Davydenko, still a free man, is starting to produce the sort of form which could make him a potential French Open winner in 2008.

There is no doubting he is a class player and even with all the burden of media upon him, he finally seems to be getting back to winning ways.