Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I iti iho i te kotahi haora a Roger Federer i runga i te marae i tana whakatuwheratanga o Monte Carlo me te wikitoria 6-2, 6-1 ki a Jeremy Chardy. Ko Federer, nana nei i whakarerekē tana hōtaka i tēnei tau kia nui ake ai te wā mō te whakaora me te whakangungu, i tākaro i tana tukinga tuatahi mai i tana hinganga i te whakamutunga o Indian Wells i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi. Kāore hoki ia i te āhua waikura, i te whiu i ngā toa 19 ki te whakamate i tētahi hoariri i patu i a ia i te tau whakamutunga i Roma. I hinga a Roger Federer i a Jeremy Chardy i tana tukunga o Monte Carlo 6-2, 6-1 kia eke ki te 16 whakamutunga. Ko te tukinga tuatahi a Federer mai i tana hinganga i te whiringa toa o Indian Wells i te Poutu-te-rangi. 'He uaua ki te whakatau i tetahi momo whakatau i muri i te tukinga 55 meneti, engari he pai taku ahua i te whakangungu,' i kii a Federer, e wha nga wa i te wa tuarua i Monte Carlo. Ko te toa toa 17 nga wa e whawhai ana ki a Gael Monfils mo te waahi i roto i te hauwhā-wa whakamutunga, e rima marama noa iho i muri i te wikitoria a te Frenchman i a ia i roto i nga huinga tuuturu i te whakamutunga o te Davis Cup. 'He rerekē te whakariterite. Hei utu mo te takaro kotahi haora noa i mua i te tukinga i runga i te oneone, i tenei wa he 10 nga ra i ahau, a he pai ake taku whakarite. He nui ake te maia ki a au i taku i Lille,' ka mea a Federer. Ka whakahokia e Chardy o Wīwī te pōro ki a Federer i te Monte Carlo Masters i Monaco.
I wikitoria a Roger Federer i te tukinga tuatahi mai i tana hinganga i te whiringa toa o Indian Wells i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi. I wikitoria te toa toa 17 o nga whakataetae nui ki a Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-1. Ka whawhai a Federer ki a Gael Monfils mō te wāhi ki ngā hauwhā whakamutunga.