 David Nalbandian to face Florian Mayer at Davis Cup 1st round February 9, 2012 - 21:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Last year's runners-up Argentina are looking to use their wealth of experience heading into this year's Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie, while hosts and three-time champions Germany are banking on the home crowd support. Argentine No. 1 Juan Monaco will look to extend his winning run when he takes on Germany's Philipp Petzschner in the opening rubber of this Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie. German No. 1 Florian Mayer will follow on Friday, Feb 10 with a showdown with Argentina's Davis Cup stalwart David Nalbandian, who is playing in his 10th tie for the South Americans. “I’m getting older. That’s the worst part. But I’m happy to play Davis Cup. This is one of the competitions that I really like. And I’m happy to be here,” said Nalbandian, who leads Mayer 2-1 in previous meetings, but lost their most recent clash in Shanghai last year, Davis Cup official website reported.  Top stories Abraham has won 2 straight after losing 3 bouts in the Super Six tournament; Stieglitz has gone undefeated since 2008. The IOC will decide which city will host the 2020 Olympics in a final vote on September 7, 2013 in Buenos Aires. From June 3-7, it will go to Northern Ireland and then the Republic of Ireland - the only country outside UK on the torch route. Beckham is acting as a special ambassador for the games and was involved in promoting London's bid to host it.   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
