She pulled out of her singles semi against top-ranked Henin-Hardenne early yesterdasy, saying she didn't want to risk further injury before the Australian Open, which starts Monday.
"I said yesterday my arm was a bit sore. Unfortunately, I injured it a bit more and after waking up this morning, it's just pretty painful and extremely tight," Davenport said. "It's really sad that I can't play.
"At this point of where I am in my career and all the injuries I've had, I just feel it's best right now that I get my arm better."
Davenport remained hopeful she'd be OK after a few days off to play her first-round match against Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie of Romania at Melbourne Park.
Australian Todd Woodbridge moved to within one match of becoming the most successful doubles player of all time when he partnered Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman to a 7-6 (3), 6-2 semifinal win over Agustin Calleri of Argentina and Italian Filippo Volandri.
Woodbridge has 78 career doubles titles, tied for the Open era record with retired Dutchman Tom Okker. Woodbridge does hold the mark for most Grand Slam doubles titles, 15, including Wimbledon and the US Open last year.
CANBERRA Classic
Top-seeded Paola Suarez of Argentina and second-seeded Silvia Farina Elia of Italy will meet today in the Canberra Classic tennis final after winning semifinal matches yesterday.
Suarez beat Karolina Sprem of Croatia 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 while Farina Elia defeated Julia Vakulenko of the Ukraine 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Suarez, 27, and Farina Elia, 31, will both be seeking their fourth WTA tour title.
Heineken Open
Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal reached his first ATP final when he beat second-seeded Jiri Novak yesterday in semifinals play at Auckland's Heineken Open.
Nadal, 17, beat the Czech veteran 6-1, 6-3 to earn a place opposite unseeded Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty in today's final.
Hrbaty reached his second consecutive final and remained unbeaten in 2004 when he won a rain-delayed quarterfinal then ousted defending champion Gustavo Kuerten 6-3, 6-2 in a repeat of last year's final.
The tall and powerful Nadal's aggressive baseline play downed Novak in only 65 minutes. He hit more than 20 clean forehand winners and forced Novak into a series of errors.
Nadal has become one of the hot young stars of world tennis, playing his first ATP Tour match at 15 and becoming the youngest player since Michael Chang to reach the top-100 when he climbed 200 ranking places last year.
He reached his first tour semifinal last year, claimed his first doubles title, qualified for two Masters Series events and became the youngest player since Boris Becker in 1984 to reach the third round at Wimbledon.
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