Other top seeds were Las Vegas champion Sam Querrey, Indian Wells Masters quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, Fabrice Santoro, Robby Ginepri and Thomaz Bellucci.
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Also present were Casablanca, Indianapolis and Bucharest titlist Gilles Simon, Båstad winner Tommy Robredo, Ivo Karlović, Robin Söderling and Paul-Henri Mathieu.