2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
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| 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | ||
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| Date: | February 18 – February 24 | |
| Edition: | 35th | |
| Champions | ||
| Singles | ||
 Michaël Llodra |
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| Doubles | ||
 Tomáš Berdych /  Dmitry Tursunov |
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The 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is 765,000 euro tournament that took place from February 18 to 24 at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was the 35th edition of the tournament, which will become an ATP 500 event next year.
The strong field featured 3 of the top 5 players. Top seeds were world number 2 and the reigning Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal, Russian world number 4 Nikolay Davydenko and Spanish star David Ferrer. Reigning Australian Open champion Novak Đoković was set to play but was forced to withdraw due to influenza.[1]
Other players competing in the tournament were Andy Murray, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Tommy Robredo, Tomáš Berdych, Ivan Ljubičić, Marcos Baghdatis and defending champion Mikhail Youzhny.
Richard Krajicek, director of the tournament and former Wimbledon champion, was influential in persuading so many top players to compete on the landmark 35th edition. Dutch media outlets have in the past talked of the "Richard Krajicek effect".[2]
However, despite the relatively strong field on display, by the quarter-finals not one seed remained. This was only the third instance since 2000 that no seeded players were present in the quarter-finals of an ATP tournament.[3] It was also the first time in the ATP Rotterdam's history that all the seeds had succumbed before the quarter-finals.
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[edit] Champions
[edit] Singles
Michaël Llodra def. 
Robin Söderling, 6–7(3), 6–3, 7–6(4)
- It was Llodra's 2nd title of the year and 3rd of his career.
[edit] Doubles
Tomáš Berdych / Dmitry Tursunov def. 
Philipp Kohlschreiber / Mikhail Youzhny, 7–5, 3–6, [10]–[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ailing Djokovic pulls out of Rotterdam", Yahoo!, Eurosport, 2008-02-16. Retrieved 16 February 2008
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Nadal out as Rotterdam seeds fall", BBC SPORT, 2008-02-21. Retrieved February 21, 2008
[edit] External links
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