David Nalbandian

...to reach the ATP final was Stefan Edberg in 1990. US Open winner Del Potro became the first Argentine to reach the final since David Nalbandian won the title in 2005 over Federer. The Swiss ends 2009 on 29-7 in the year-end championships...

In this article: Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, Del Potro, London, Wimbledon, US Open, ATP, French Open, and Stefan Edberg

...winner of the tournament in Shanghai last year. It is not unprecedented for a reserve to win the title. In 2005 Argentina's David Nalbandian, on a fishing holiday, received a late call for Shanghai and beat Federer in the final. Soderling...

In this article: Nikolay Davydenko, Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling, Fernando Verdasco, Roger Federer, Shanghai, Rome Masters, Wimbledon, Davis Cup, and Australian Open

...25-year-old Swede his place in the semi-finals. It is not unprecedented for a reserve to win the tournament. In 2005 Argentina's David Nalbandian, on a fishing holiday, received a late call for Shanghai and went on to beat Federer in the...

In this article: Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Fernando Verdasco, Robin Soderling, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Davis Cup, and Australian Open

...up with the spoils. In 2005 the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, Nadal and once again Andy Roddick were forced to offer their apologies so David Nalbandian was snatched away from a planned fishing holiday to take his place in the line-up. It is fair...

In this article: Robin Soderling, London, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Sunday Times, French Open, and Lleyton Hewitt

...on Sunday, it would not be the first time an 'alternate' has been the champion at a men's season-ending event, as four years ago David Nalbandian was about to head off on a fishing holiday when he took the call asking him to fly to...

In this article: Novak Djokovic, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, O2 Arena, Shanghai, and Sweden

...and it was unfortunate for me not to come through." Earlier in his career several players regularly gave Federer trouble, notably David Nalbandian, Lleyton Hewitt, and Tim Henman, who won six of his first seven matches against the Swiss,...

In this article: Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Juan Martin del Potro, US Open, Tim Henman, Fernando Verdasco, Lleyton Hewitt, and Rafael Nadal

...slam trophies. The only other two players to have won this end-of-season tournament before winning a grand slam are Argentina's David Nalbandian and Alex Corretja, a Spaniard. Corretja is now Murray's coaching consultant - he was there...

In this article: Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, London, Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling, Nikolay Davydenko, Juan Martin del Potro, Andre Agassi, and Australian Open

...which began in 1970 in Tokyo, with Murray attempting to become only the third player, after Spain's Alex Corretja and David Nalbandian of Argentina, to win the tournament without having won a major. Ticket sales have topped...

In this article: Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Wimbledon, Juan Martin del Potro, Rafa Nadal, London, Paris Masters, US Open, and ITV

...was going for a sixth consecutive title and had won 40 U.S. Open matches in a row dating to 2003, when he lost to another Argentine, David Nalbandian. ``Ole-Ole-Ole-Ole, DelPo! DelPo!'' chanted the Argentine fans in the stands, many of them...

In this article: Juan Martin del Potro, Roger Federer, U.S. Open, Andy Roddick, U.S. Open, Marin Cilic, Andy Murray, Robin Soderling, London, and U.S. Open Series

...David's way, the other is Marat's. In 2004, Marat Safin won both the Madrid and Paris Master's shields, a feat duplicated by David Nalbandian in 2007. Both men had known sporadic results in the year leading up to those victories, which had...

In this article: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Paris, Australian Open, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Gael Monfils, and Basel