David Nalbandian

...in a mere 61 minutes at St. Jakobshalle. The world No. 1 Federer, who once served as a ball boy in his native Basel, defeated his long-time rival David Nalbandian in last year's finale here. The top-seeded all-time men's Grand Slam king...

In this article: Roger Federer, Ivan Ljubicic, Fernando Gonzalez, Andreas Seppi, U.S. Open, John Isner, Philipp Petzschner, and Stanislas Wawrinka

...Basel native Federer is the reigning three-time champion in his hometown. He defeated David Nalbandian in last year's finale here, where he once served as a ball boy. The men's all-time Grand Slam king Federer is also the reigning Wimbledon...

In this article: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Basel, Evgeny Korolev, Wimbledon, Marin Cilic, Stanislas Wawrinka, French Open, and Richard Gasquet

...served like a coiled spring and moved like waxed silk. Eight aces blazed past David Nalbandian, one of them a second serve ace down the line that wowed the Federer crowd. Federer surrendered only seven service points in the entire...

In this article: Roger Federer, Basel, Ivan Ljubicic, London, BNP Paribas Masters, Davis Cup, Andy Murray, Latex, and Fernando Gonzalez

...minutes with the help of 12 aces and two service breaks. The reigning three-time Basel champion Federer defeated his long-time rival David Nalbandian in last year's finale here. Up next for the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champion...

In this article: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Basel, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Fernando Gonzalez, Ivo Karlovic, Rainer Schuettler, and Florent Serra

...once served as a ball boy here in Basel, is the reigning three-time champion here. He defeated his long-time rival David Nalbandian in last year's finale. The top-seeded all-time men's Grand Slam king Federer is playing his first tennis...

In this article: Novak Djokovic, Basel, Roger Federer, U.S. Open, Australian Open, Andreas Beck, and Jarkko Nieminen

...and Paris in 2007. As well as his two Masters Shields, Nalbandian also won the Masters Cup in Shanghai back in 2005 when he turned in an incredible performance to beat Roger Federer from two sets to love down. The Masters Cup is a...

In this article: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Shanghai, Paris, and Madrid

...has been better than Federer here. The five-time defending U.S. Open champion won his 39th straight U.S. Open match and hasn't lost here since 2003, when David Nalbandian beat him in the fourth round. And now he's back in yet another Grand...

In this article: Roger Federer, Robin Soderling, Derek Jeter, U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic, Melanie Oudin, Joe Namath, French Open, and Lou Gehrig

...to 48-7 this year and 46-4 in career US Open matches. Federer has not lost a match on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts since 2003, when David Nalbandian beat him in the fourth round. Not since 1920s American star Bill Tilden ran off the...

In this article: Roger Federer, US Open, Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal, US, Andy Murray, Simon Greul, and Bill Tilden

...of Argentina. In his U.S. Open debut in 2000 after turning professional in 1998, Federer lost to Ferrero in the third round; then he lost to Agassi (2001), Mirnyi (2002) and Nalbandian (2003) in the fourth round. Federer got revenge...

In this article: Roger Federer, US Open, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Max Mirnyi, Andre Agassi, New York, Wimbledon, 2009 French Open, and Argentina