Roger Federer played his first Monte Carlo final in 2006 and lost to a defending champion Rafael Nadal. Federer was the second-best clay-courter behind the Spaniard in those years, suffering title match defeats in Monte Carlo, Rome and Paris in 2006 and hoping for a better run a year later.Roger had to dig deep against a qualifier Andreas Seppi in the 2007 Monte Carlo second round, prevailing in two tie breaks before a more relaxed day at the office versus Hyung-Taik Lee. The Swiss ousted David Ferrer in under an hour in the quarter-final.Roger played better and better as the encounter progres …