Others top seeds competing were Miami Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia Open winner David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, and James Blake.
Other notable names in the field were Miami Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia Open winner David Ferrer, David Nalbandian, Richard Gasquet and Mikhail Youzhny.
The singles field featured ATP No. 5, 2007 Tennis Masters Cup runner-up and Australian Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer, Viña del Mar runner-up Juan Mónaco, and 2007 Metz titlist Tommy Robredo.
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The men singles featured ATP No. 5, Valencia titlist and French Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer, Queen's Club quarterfinalist Richard Gasquet, and Australian Open quarterfinalist and Adelaide runner-up Jarkko Nieminen.