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Played ITF Hopman Cup for Great Britain...Did not play an ATP World Tour tournament in build-up to Australian Open...Dropped one spot to World No. 5 on 10 January... Lost one set to Ferrer in SFs en route to his second straight Australian Open final...As fifth seed in his third major title-match he lost 64 62 63 to No. 3 Djokovic...Now 0-3 in Grand Slam finals...
Made opening-round exits at Rotterdam (l. to Baghdatis), ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to Young) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Bogomolov Jr.) before bouncing back during the European clay swing...He advanced to two SFs at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and Rome (l. to Djokovic)
The Frenchman finished in Top 100 highlighted by successful results in Challenger level play...Compiled a 24-18 record with one runner-up, three SF results and two QF showings...Also performed well in first Grand Slam action, reaching 3rd RD at Roland Garros and Wimbledon...In February-March, his best stretch came with runner-up at Besancon Challenger (l. to Gulbis) and SF at Cherbourg (l. to Haehnel) and Rabat (l. to Patience) Challengers...Won his first ATP match of season in Casablanca (d. Vassallo Arguello, l. to Mathieu)
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