DAVID NALBANDIAN TO HAVE THE FIRST OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT AFTER REHABILITATION IN JANUARY IN AUCKLAND

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.10.2009 18:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Argentinean Armenian tennis player David Nalbandian
will take part in the tournament ATP Auckland Open-2009 starting
January 11 in Auckland (New Zealand).

Ranking 20th this week David Nalbandian plans at the the tournament
in Auckland to complete preparation to the first tournament of the
season of the Grand Slam – Australian Open Championship-2010.

In addition to Mr. Nalbandian the winner of last year’s competition,
David Nalbandian’s compatriot – Juan Martin del Potro has already
announced about his participation in the tournament.

"Nalbandian is the tennis player, who has his own style of play. We are
very happy that such a tennis player, who played in the tournament
semifinals and finals of the Grand Slam visits our tournament,
" gotennis.ru quoted the tournament director Richard Palmer.

Argentinian tennis player is undergoing rehabilitation after a hip
surgery, made in May this year. Now, once the strongest tennis players
of Argentina, has already started training and he projects to play
at two demonstration tournaments by the end of this year.

David will also play at the tournament, which will be held in San Juan,
December 12-13, where his compatriots Gaston Gaudio, Guillermo Canas
and Chilean Nicolas Massu will also play.

In December David intends to play at another showcase tournament –
in Buenos Aires, which will be held December 17-20 at the clay courts
of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. There, the Russian Marat Safin,
the Spaniard Carlos Moya, the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez, the Cypriot
Marcos Bagdatis, as well as last year’s champion of Argentine Juan
Monaco will compete with David Nalbandian.