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12 January 2011 - 08:26 AMT

Nalbandian makes it to quarter-finals of 2011 Heineken Open

Former World No. 3 David Nalbandian of Argentina earned an easy straight sets victory over the German Philipp Petzschner to reach the quarter-finals of the 2011 Heineken Open, an ATP World Tour 250 Event, being played here in Auckland, New Zealand.

Nalbandian finished off the match with a 6-3 6-2 scoreline.

It took less than an hour for the Argentine to subdue the German. Nalbandian earned the break in the second-game of the first set and maintained that lead till the end to wrap it up with a 6-3 score, tennisearth.com reported.