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NADAL SAYS MATCHES VS. NALBANDIAN ARE ALWAYS TOUGH
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 16, 2012 - 16:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 16, Argentina-based ethnic Armenian David
Nalbandian will face off against Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals
of BNP Paribas Open, ongoing in Indian Wells, California.
Prior to their most recent meeting, which took place at the U.S. Open
last year, Rafael Nadal was asked about his record against David. And
back then, Nadal was convinced that David beat him three times when
in fact it's been only two.
"I've played many matches against him. U.S. Open last year, Indian
Wells 2009, Miami 2009 [that was in 2010], Madrid, Paris-Bercy...
Those are all memories of difficult matches, especially the last ones
because in the first ones he always beat me easily," the player said.
For Rafael Nadal, #2 in the world, this is only the third tournament
of the year. After starting the season at Doha, where he went out
in the semifinal (against Gael Monfils), Nadal lost the final of the
Australian Open against Novak Djokovic, a match that famously lasted
almost six hours. He then took a month off before coming to Indian
Wells, where he has cruised through the early rounds, never dropping
more than five games against Leonardo Mayer, Marcel Granollers and
Alexandr Dolgopolov, Nalbandian's official fan blog reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 16, 2012 - 16:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 16, Argentina-based ethnic Armenian David
Nalbandian will face off against Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals
of BNP Paribas Open, ongoing in Indian Wells, California.
Prior to their most recent meeting, which took place at the U.S. Open
last year, Rafael Nadal was asked about his record against David. And
back then, Nadal was convinced that David beat him three times when
in fact it's been only two.
"I've played many matches against him. U.S. Open last year, Indian
Wells 2009, Miami 2009 [that was in 2010], Madrid, Paris-Bercy...
Those are all memories of difficult matches, especially the last ones
because in the first ones he always beat me easily," the player said.
For Rafael Nadal, #2 in the world, this is only the third tournament
of the year. After starting the season at Doha, where he went out
in the semifinal (against Gael Monfils), Nadal lost the final of the
Australian Open against Novak Djokovic, a match that famously lasted
almost six hours. He then took a month off before coming to Indian
Wells, where he has cruised through the early rounds, never dropping
more than five games against Leonardo Mayer, Marcel Granollers and
Alexandr Dolgopolov, Nalbandian's official fan blog reported.