David Nalbandian News

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal opened the year with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Rainer Schuettler of Germany, and second-seeded David Nalbandian was upset by Kristian Pless 2-6, 6-3-, 7-5 in the opening round of the ATP Tour's Chennai Open. The 20-year-old Nadal started out rusty and Schuettler took a 4-2 lead by breaking Nadal in the sixth game. But Nadal, ranked second in the world, won four straight games to take ...

Roger Federer of Switzerland moved a step closer to his 10th title of the year, routing Argentina's David Nalbandian 6-4, 6-0 Saturday in a semifinal of the Madrid Masters. The top-ranked Swiss will play for the title Sunday against 10th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, who beat Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-1. This is Gonzalez's first Masters final and second consecutive final. Last week, he lost the championship match to Ivan Ljubicic in Vienna, Austria. Federer ...

Roger Federer of Switzerland moved a step closer to winning his 10th title of 2006 with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) quarter-final win over American Robby Ginepri at the Madrid Masters on Friday. In doubles play, Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas, the No. 3 seeds, earned a 6-4, 6-4 semifinal win over the second-seeded team of Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Max Mirnyi of Belarus. Federer ...

Roger Federer of Switzerland rallied in two tiebreakers to beat Robin Soderling of Sweden 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8) and advance to the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters on Thursday. Neither player dropped serve in the match, sealed when the top-ranked Federer correctly challenged that the final two points were hit out by Soderling. Each player receives two challenges a set in this tournament. If he is correct with a challenge, ...

Top-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland won his first indoor tournament match in almost a year, while fourth-ranked David Nalbandian of Argentina rallied to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters on Tuesday. In doubles action, Toronto's Daniel Nestor won his opening match with partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. Federer had 28 winners and broke Nicolas Massu three times _ including twice in the final set _ for the 6-3, 6-2 win, his first indoor victory on ...

David Nalbandian thinks this could be quick work. He sees no reason why Argentina can't wrap up its Davis Cup semifinal against Australia with a day to spare. Nalbandian, ranked No. 4, will open Friday against Mark Philippoussis, who is ranked No. 117. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia's top player, faces Jose Acasuso in the second singles match. ``I believe we have very good chances and, Saturday, we might just define it ...

By Stephen Wilson LONDON (AP) _ American James Blake, Argentina's David Nalbandian and Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova were all eliminated from Wimbledon on Friday while three-time champion Roger Federer of Switzerland continued to roll along. Nalbandian, a finalist in 2002, and Kuznetsova, a former U.S. Open champion and finalist at the French Open three weeks ago, were both bounced in ...