The International German Open
Hamburg begins its run as a non-Masters Series or "1000" event on the ATP calendar this week, reflected in its seeded turn-out, with
Gilles Simon the lone Top 10 seeded player.
Other Top 8 seeds are
Nikolay Davydenko,
Robin Soderling,
Tommy Robredo, Stan Wawrinka,
David Ferrer,
Igor Andreev and
Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The Top 16 seeds receive first-round byes, but second-round potential matches of interest include (6) Ferrer vs.
Rainer Schuettler, and...not a lot else.
Robredo (2006) is the lone returning champ in the field. Last year
Rafael Nadal, currently out with knee injuries, collected his first Hamburg title, denying
Roger Federer a fourth Hamburg title in five years.
