Today at 10 am, the 7 best players met one after another for interviews on the VIP pavement. The journalists began with Spaniard Tommy Robredo, then Serbian Novak Djokovic, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, Chilean Fernando Gonzalez…

Most approached players were of course world number one Roger Federer and the double title winner Rafael Nadal,. Croatian Ivan Ljubicic was also asked a lot of question about the future Monte Carlo tournament’s downgrading. Nadal and Federer arrived together and gave a brief common interview to give their support to the tournament.

Famous history, prestigious name, beautiful place…this are the most heard words in player’s talks. There’s no doubt that all the players here appreciate the tournament. All of them want Monte-Carlo to keep his Masters Series’ status and discussion will probably take place between players and ATP and ITF in the next weeks.