David Nalbandian News

New Zealand's international men's tennis tournament will feature eight seeds from within the top 31 players in the world when it is played in Auckland in January.

The main contenders of Nalbandian in the tournament will be an Argentinean tennis player Juan Monaco and Spaniard Carlos Moya.

Heineken Open tournament director Richard Palmer will happily hand out one wildcard to former world No 3 David Nalbandian, another to top Kiwi Dan King-Turner and he'll tuck the third away in his back pocket for a few weeks yet.

Eleven players ranked inside the top 40 in the world have been confirmed for the Heineken Open tennis tournament in Auckland.

Last 10 winners 2009: Nikolay Davydenko 2008: Novak Djokovic 2007: Roger Federer 2006: Roger Federer 2005: David Nalbandian 2004: Roger Federer 2003: Roger Federer 2002: Lleyton Hewitt 2001: Lleyton Hewitt 2000: Gustavo Kuerten LONDON: Nikolay Davydenko said he had not been stopped for a single autograph in London - but the Russian is now a name to ...

Russian Nikolay Davydenko stunned Roger Federer 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to book a place in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals and a date with Argentine Juan Del Potro Sunday.

The first man to qualify for the semi-finals at the ATP World Tour Finals was the player who should not have even been in the eight-man field, the guy who does not even feature in the main promotional posters outside the O2 Arena.

Roger Federer is playing in the ATP World Tour's season-ending championship for an eighth time in 2009 at the O2 Arena in London.

Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Only Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal of the ATP World Tour finalists have a winning head-to-head record against Roger Federer , with Murray knowing he may have to beat the world No1 twice this week if he is to win the title on Sunday afternoon in the 02 Arena.

According to Phil Anderton, chairman of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, ticket sales for next week's event at the O2 Arena make it "the equivalent of 15 sold-out Led Zeppelin concerts". No pressure there, then, as Andy Murray attempts to round off the best year of his career with victory in front of a home crowd at the season-ending ...

There are only two more days until the start of the Barclay's ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is chasing a fourth ATP World Tour title of the season. Defending BNP Paribas Masters champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stayed in contention for a berth at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals by producing a strong serving display to crush fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3 Thursday in the third round of the ATP World Tour Masters ...

The Heineken tennis Open will welcome back a familiar face for the 2010 tournament in Auckland.

Rafael Nadal is chasing a 16th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy. The second seed edged defending champion Tsonga 7-5, 7-5 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, eliminating the Frenchman from contention in the Battle for London and securing Fernando Verdasco the final spot in the elite eight-man season finale.

A year ago, when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won this Paris Masters title over David Nalbandian, the 15,000-strong crowd - never a quiet assembly here at the Omnipalais - threatened to wreck the rafters with their acclaim.

Former champion Nikolay Davydenko and reigning titlist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were a pair of second-round winners Tuesday at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the season.

CHANG, CHAN ADVANCE: World No. 3 Novak Djokovic romped to victory in Basel on Thursday and Taiwan s two remaining players both won yesterday in Taipei AFP, BASEL, SWITZERLAND Saturday, Nov 07, 2009, Page 20 Japan s Ayumi Morita returns to Rika Fujiwara during their singles match at the OEC Taipei Ladies Open at the Taipei Arena yesterday.

Federer eases into Basel QFs Reigning three-time champion and hometown hero Roger Federer was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the Swiss Indoors.

Novak Djokovic clinched the most comprehensive victory of his career on Thursday when he humiliated Czech journyeman Jan Hernych 6-0, 6-0 to reach the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals. The 52-minute "doule-bagel" was the first for the Serb at the elite ATP level, bettering his 6-1, 6-0 win over Argentina's David Nalbandian in the Queen's club ...

Idea and Format: Courtesy U.S. First things first. After 50 gloomy days, the sun has peeked out from behind the dark clouds again... Today is warm, and pleasant.