David Pablo Nalbandian who is also famously known as David Nalbandian was born in the year 1982 and is also one of the few Argentina players. David Nalbandian is former world number 3 and he also holds the record of being the runner up in the 2002 Wimbledon Championship. Alongside with that he also holds the record of being the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in the year 2005.
David Nalbandian did not have a very bright career. Not only did he not have a bright career, he also did not have a very happening career. Many did not know him in the tennis circuit as he did not play many games and was in the background. In the year 2010 he came back after several injuries to play and participate in the 2010 Copa Telmex which is coincidentally his home town tournament. He won the first two rounds defeating his opponents and managed to reach the quarterfinals however could not perform there due to a leg injury. After this injury he came back to play doubles for Argentina in the Davis Cup against Sweden where he won back to back straight sets.
Some brightness finally came into his life when he entered and played in the 2010 Sony Erickson Open in Miami to which he finally fell in the fourth seed to Rafael Nadal. In the 2012 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters he again entered defeating Andreas Beck before losing in the quarter finals to Djokovic. David Nalbandian completed his 2010 journey by taking part in the 2010 BNP Paribus Masters where he lost and surrendered to Andy Murray.
2011 had more or less the same story where he lost most of his matches including the won to Roger Federer in the third round of the Wimbledon.
Argentina have taken a commanding lead of their Davis cup tie, with the score currently standing at 2 – 1. The Argentineans’ are up against Croatia in the Davis Cup quarterfinals and are looking to improve on their performance last year.
The lead can largely be attributed to the hard work of team captain David Nalbandian who has played two five hour games in the last two days and has maged to secure victories in both of them. The South American tennis giant teamed up with fellow countrymen Eduardo Schwank to win the doubles match of the tie and secure the 2 -1 lead.
The doubles match was a marathon affair with the momentum shifting throughout the game. The Croatians managed to win the first set with relative ease six games to three. The south American’s then rallied to win the second in a tie breaker before also losing the third 6 games to three.
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Juan Martin Del Potro and David Nalbandian will be a part of the Argentina Davis Cup team that will take on Croatia in the Quarter Final stages of the Elite Group on the 6th of April. Nalbandian, who missed much of the previous season due to an injury, is looking to get back to playing his best tennis that won him worldwide acclaim when he was a regular feature in the top ten of the ATP rankings in the middle of the 2000s. He also reached the Final of Wimbledon, only to lose to a brilliant Roger Federer and since faded away almost into oblivion but now it seems that he is back and he is back to his best.
Captain Martin Jaite has picked a star studded team for the Davis Cup which goes to show that the entire team is serious about winning the tie and advancing in an attempt to win their first ever Davis Cup crown. When asked why then, was David Nalbandian picked, Jaite replied that he has shown glimpses of the tennis that he played almost five or six years back and it would be unjust to leave him back home when was in such good form.
Having fallen out of the top fifty in the recent ATP rankings, Nalbandian will try and use the Davis Cup to rebuild his game and confidence so that he can climb up the ratings starting with the clay court season next month and as a result, he is trying to get as many matches under his belt as possible and has also been lined up as the partner of Eduardo Schwank in the doubles.
Whether it helps David Nalbandian get back to his prime is another debate but at the moment, he is happy being in the good books of Jaite.
Former top 5 tennis player David Nalbandian was given a wildcard into the BNP Paribas Open’s main draws, along with Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, and Urszula Radwanska.
The championship will take place from 5th March and continue till 18th March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The list was announced by the tournament director Steve Simon.
Nalbandian has won eleven ATP World Tour winner’s titles since becoming professional in the year 2000 and went to the 2002 Wimbledon finals in his 1st appearance at the champiopnship. The Argentine tennis player and former World number three will be making his 9th appearance in this championship. In Indian Wells, his best result was when he went to the quarterfinals in the year 2008.
Sam Querrey, the American reached to number 17 in the rankings at the start of the year 2011 before wounds made him sidelined for the most of the year. At present, slightly inside into the top hundred, the 6 times ATP World Tour champ and Southern California native is working his way back up in the world rankings and looking forward to continue that form at the BNP Paribas Open.
Steve Simon told that wildcards have always gifted the BNP Paribas Open with a path to provide a mixture of tennis players from veterans to arising tennis stars to top players which might be coming back from injury the opportunity to glow in the main draw. Adding players like David Nalbandian only strengthens the already unbelievable fields.
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