  David Nalbandian to participate in Winston-Salem Open August 18, 2012 - 11:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Winston-Salem Open officials awarded their final wild-card spot to David Nalbandian on Friday, August 17 morning, tournament director Bill Oakes announced. He will join three previously announced wild cards in the ATP 250 tournament — Ryan Harrison, James Blake and Tomas Berdych. Nalbandian, No. 39 in the latest ATP rankings, replaces Gael Monfils, who initially accepted a wild card but withdrew Thursday as he continues to recover from a knee injury. Nalbandian, 30, from Argentina, was the 2002 runner-up at Wimbledon and has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the world, in 2006. He has won 11 career ATP World Tour singles titles and has reached the final of 12 other tournaments. The Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest will start Saturday, with play in the qualifying tournament. Play in the main draw will start Sunday, Winston-Salem Journal reported. Partner news  Top stories Berlin will stage the Champions League final for the first time in 2015 and Warsaw will be the venue for the Europa League final. “Our win can’t be called an easy one, we never have easy games” FC Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder said. As an amateur, 31-year-old Hovhannisyan gained extensive international experience and was a four-time Armenian National Champion. Shakhtar Donetsk FC midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan said he is not planning yet to leave the Ukrainian club.   Partner news |  Latest news Kerry, Lavrov to discuss Syria in Paris  U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders.Muse to play free London show after Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” premiere The concert will take place on Sunday, June 2 and 15,000 tickets will be made available for the event.Gael Garcia Bernal to topline Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater” Bernal recently starred in Pablo Larrain's "No" and produced "Chavez," which stars Michael Pena.Large blast heard in center of Kabul The explosion occurred at about 4 pm in the downtown district of Borj-e Sharahah, a Kabul police spokesman said. |
