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.
