 At the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky and Nikolay Davydenko to reach the third round, where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis, 6–7(5), 1–6.He lost the opener at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to Mardy Fish in three sets.He won the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, before falling to Feliciano López in the second round.