Rafael Nadal gave another clear indication that it will start Roland Garros with only thought for the tenth title of the tournament. Matador will not defend his title from Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, and the key fact here is that the race began on June 6, a day after the final in Paris.

However, Roger Federer will debut in the tournament. This is one of the three races on turf that appear in the calendar of the Swiss and the other two are Halle and Wimbledon.

The attention of the Bulgarian tennis fans, however, will likely be focused on another debutant in Stuttgart - Grigor Dimitrov. The name of the Bulgarians also present in Entre leaves and now there are three players from the top 20 rankings - Marin Cilic (№12), Dominique Team (№15), Gilles Simon (№18).

Other serious name is Benoît Paire, Feliciano Lopez, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Viktor Troicki and Marcos Baghdatis.