June 8, 2011 - 12:10 AMT
Nalbandian beats Marchenko in Queen's Club 1st round

Over three months after his last ATP match and almost three years after playing his last match on grass, Argentine David Nalbandian made a successful comeback at Queen's Club championship, with his 6-3, 6-4 victory over Illya Marchenko of Ukraine.

In the second round on June 8, David will face Serbian qualifier Ilija Bozoljac.

Apart from his singles comeback, David played doubles with Andy Roddick, against Juan Martin Del Potro and Radek Stepanek, losing 6:3, 6:4.