The Hypo Group Tennis International 2008, the final week before the
French Open kicks off this week in Portschach, Austria, running concurrently with the ATP
World Team Championship in Dusseldorf which does not award ATP points.
Russian
Nikolay Davydenko, a winner at the event in 2005-06, is in search of his first claycourt title of the 2008 campaign.
Also seeded are defending champ
Juan Monaco,
Ivan Ljubicic who has a struggling 10-9 win-loss in 2008,
Mardy Fish who makes his Austrian debut this week while the rest of the U.S. Davis Cup team competes in Dusseldorf, American
Sam Querrey who lost first round last year, Italian
Andreas Seppi who was a semifinalist last week in
Hamburg, Croat
Mario Ancic 3-2, and Dutchman
Robin Haase who makes his tournament debut.
In last year's final the unseeded Monaco topped unseeded wildcard
Gael Monfils 7-6(3), 6-0.
