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  • Henin's shock retirement revives burnout debate May 14 (Reuters)
  • Hamburg Masters men's singles results May 14 (Reuters)
  • Federer, Nadal advance, Blake loses in Hamburg May 14 (AP)
  • Federer sizzles, Nadal deals with hot Potito May 14 (Reuters)
  • Federer advances in Hamburg May 14 (PA SportsTicker)
  • Federer outclasses Nieminen in Hamburg May 14 (Reuters)
  • Djokovic on the verge of greatness May 13 (PA SportsTicker)
  • Davydenko and Ferrer enjoy easy wins in Hamburg May 13 (Reuters)
  • Federer hopes to carry Olympic flag again for Switzerland May 12 (Reuters)
 2008 At A Glance - Singles
 Current ATP Rank: 2  
 ATP Tournaments Played: 10 ATP Record: 32-7
 Hardcourt: 21-6 Clay: 11-1
 Carpet: 0-0 Grass: 0-0

 Tournaments Won in 2008: Masters Series Monte-Carlo, Open Sabadell Atlantico
 2008 Tournament Results - Singles
 Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score
 Chennai Open (1)
 Dec 31-Jan 6
Hard First Round Mathieu Montcourt W 6-2, 6-4
  Second Round Rajeev Ram W 6-2, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Guillermo Garcia-Lopez W 6-3, 6-2
  Semifinals Carlos Moya (3) W 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-1)
  Final Mikhail Youzhny (4) L 0-6, 1-6
 Australian Open (2)
 Jan 14-Jan 27
Hard Unknown Viktor Troicki W 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-1
  Second Round Florent Serra W 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Gilles Simon (28) W 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
  Fourth Round Paul-Henri Mathieu (23) W 6-4, 3-0 ret
  Quarterfinals Jarkko Nieminen (24) W 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
  Semifinals Jo-Wilfried Tsonga L 2-6, 3-6, 2-6
 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (1)
 Feb 18-Feb 24
Hard First Round Dmitry Tursunov W 6-4, 6-4
  Second Round Andreas Seppi L 6-3, 3-6, 4-6
 Dubai Tennis Championships (2)
 Mar 3-Mar 9
Hard First Round Philipp Kohlschreiber W 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
  Second Round Mikhail Ledovskikh W 6-4, 6-0
  Quarterfinals Andy Roddick (6) L 6-7 (5-7), 2-6
 Pacific Life Open (2)
 Mar 10-Mar 23
Hard Second Round Santiago Giraldo W 6-3, 6-3
  Third Round Donald Young W 6-1, 6-3
  Fourth Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17) W 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
  Quarterfinals James Blake (9) W 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) L 3-6, 2-6
 Sony Ericsson Open (2)
 Mar 24-Apr 6
Hard Second Round Benjamin Becker W 7-5, 6-2
  Third Round Nicolas Kiefer W 6-2, 6-4
  Fourth Round Paul-Henri Mathieu (16) W 6-4, 6-4
  Quarterfinals James Blake (9) W 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
  Semifinals Tomas Berdych (10) W 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
  Final Nikolay Davydenko (4) L 4-6, 2-6
 Masters Series Monte-Carlo (2)
 Apr 21-Apr 27
Clay Second Round Mario Ancic W 6-0, 6-3
  Third Round Juan Ferrero (13) W 6-4, 6-1
  Quarterfinals David Ferrer (5) W 6-1, 7-5
  Semifinals Nikolay Davydenko (4) W 6-3, 6-2
  Final Roger Federer (1) W 7-5, 7-5
 Open Sabadell Atlantico (1)
 Apr 28-May 4
Clay Second Round Potito Starace W 6-4, 6-2
  Third Round Feliciano Lopez (16) W 6-4, 6-3
  Quarterfinals Juan Chela W 6-4, 6-2
  Semifinals Denis Gremelmayr W 6-1, 6-0
  Final David Ferrer (2) W 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (2)
 May 5-May 11
Clay Second Round Juan Ferrero L 5-7, 1-6
 Masters Series Hamburg (2)
 May 12-May 18
Clay Second Round Potito Starace W 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)