The top 44 in the world are once again expected to play here in Cincinnati, and with Andy losing in the first round here last year, a great chance to pick up even more ranking points to put him in a good position for the Olympics and the USOpen.

1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
4 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 4
5 Ferrer, David ESP 5
6 Roddick, Andy USA 6
OUT Nalbandian, David ARG 7
8 Blake, James USA 8
9 Gasquet, Richard FRA 9
10 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 10
11 Murray, Andy GBR 11
OUT Almagro, Nicolas ESP 12
OUT Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 13
14 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 14
15 Stepanek, Radek CZE 15
16 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 16
17 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 17
18 Robredo, Tommy ESP 18
19 Berdych, Tomas CZE 19
OUT Monaco, Juan ARG 20
21 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 21
22 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 22
OUT Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 23
24 Moya, Carlos ESP 24
OUT Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 25
OUT Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 26
OUT Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 27
28 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 28
29 Simon, Gilles FRA 29
30 Seppi, Andreas ITA 30
31 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 31
32 Monfils, Gael FRA 32
33 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 33
34 Llodra, Michael FRA 34
35 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 35
36 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 36
37 Andreev, Igor RUS 37
38 Haas, Tommy GER 38
39 Fish, Mardy USA 39
40 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 40
41 Soderling, Robin SWE 41
42 Querrey, Sam USA 42
43 Ancic, Mario CRO 43
44 Benneteau, Julien FRA 44
45 (SE)
46 (Q) Stoppini, Andrea ITA
47 (Q) Guccione, Chris AUS
48 (Q) Yani, Michael USA
49 (Q) Becker, Benjamin GER
50 (Q) Anderson, Kevin RSA
51 (Q) Estrella, Victor DOM
52 (Q) Bjorkman, Jonas SWE
53 (WC) Safin, Marat RUS
54 (WC) Levine, Jesse USA
55 (WC) Isner, John USA
56 (WC) Young, Donald USA

Alternates
OUT Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 45
IN Canas, Guillermo ARG 46
IN Bolelli, Simone ITA 47
IN Gulbis, Ernests LAT 48
OUT Calleri, Agustin ARG 49
IN Acasuso, Jose ARG 50
OUT Granollers, Marcel ESP 51
OUT Darcis, Steve BEL 52
OUT Santoro, Fabrice FRA 53
OUT Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 54
IN Cilic, Marin CRO 55
OUT Starace, Potito ITA 56
OUT Mahut, Nicolas FRA 57
IN Ginepri, Robby USA 58
OUT Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 59
OUT Gicquel, Marc FRA 60
OUT Schwank, Eduardo ARG 61
OUT Haase, Robin NED 62
IN Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 63
OUT Sela, Dudi ISR 64
OUT Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 65
OUT Rochus, Olivier BEL 66
IN Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 67
IN Johansson, Thomas SWE 68
OUT Montanes, Albert ESP 69
OUT Minar, Ivo CZE 70
OUT Gremelmayr, Denis GER 71
OUT Daniel, Marcos BRA 72
OUT Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 73
OUT Koubek, Stefan AUT 74
OUT Hanescu, Victor ROU 75
IN Serra, Florent FRA 76
1. Safin, Marat RUS 77
2. Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 78
3. Guccione, Chris AUS 79
4. Korolev, Evgeny RUS 80
OUT Ventura, Santiago ESP 81
OUT Melzer, Jurgen AUT 82
5. Berrer, Michael GER 83
6. Isner, John USA 84


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It matters psychologically

One of the best other 5 events

Yes, it will be the most valuable - the winner gets 400 points, as compared to  maximum of 300 at the best International Series Gold events. To play there would mean missing one of the warm-up competitions for the US open, so not much of a loss there - except that you have to travel around the world just before the US open.

Yep yep. Safin has been given a wildcard here as well

Seeing as Belluci got in this week, he should be fine.  Although he'll have to win a couple of matches soon or it won't be long until he's back down to the Challengers.

Five more withdrawals, then Mahut will be accepted to the main draw

Baggy is out as well.