Nalbandian though to Copa Claro 1/8 finalsFebruary 16, 2011 - 11:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - David Nalbandian defeated Italian Potito Starace 6-4, 6-4 during the first round of Copa Claro 2011 at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis. The world number 20 made it through to the next round to face his fellow countryman, Juan Pablo Brzezicki, who comfortably defeated Filippo Volandri. Earlier, Juan Mónaco beat Spanish Iván Navarro, Horacio Zeballos defeated Pablo Andújar and Eduardo Schwank, Igor Andreev, leading to a victorious day for the Argentines in the competition. Nevertheless, Pablo Galdón and Carlos Berlocq were not able to defeat their rivals and were crushed by Nicolás Almagro and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, respectively. During the rest of the day, Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas won 5-7, 7-5 and 6-3 over Lukas Kubot; Albert Ramos Vinolas crushed Brazilian Paulo Souza (6-4, 6-0) and the Romanian Victor Hanescu defeated Spanish Daniel Gimeno Traver 6-3 and 7-6(2), Buenos Aires Herald reported. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |