Difficult start of the tournament for David Ferrer that has big problems at getting back his top form.
The Spaniard is trying to recover after getting a strong virus before Wimbledon. At the Championships David crashed out at the 2nd round at the hands of then world no.118 Kuznetov, In Bastad he was defeated 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round again by Berlocq and now in Hamburg it took 3 sets for the Spaniard to beat Kukushkin 2-6 6-3 6-2.
