Here's looking at you, Roger!World #25 (!) David Nalbandian of Argentina followed up his second consecutive defeat of World #1 Rofer Federer of Switzerland in two weeks with a second drubbing of World #2 Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final of the BNP Paribas Paris Masters by winning 6-4, 6-0. Last week, Nadal only won 3 games against Nalbandian. Nalbandian wins his second ATP Master Series shield of his career. He becomes the first player since Marat Safin to win the Madrid-Paris double. It should be noted that Safin went on to win the very next Grand Slam championship, the 2005 Australian Open by beating Federer in a 5-set semifinal despite being match point down. That was the last major championship not won by either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal, who David Nalbandian has just shown he can dismiss at will. Tennis just got a lot more interesting!
He is on fire, and it makes my day that he gave Nadal a royal beat down, but, then again, anyone he gives Nadal a beat down is a fav of mine! The way he is playing, now that he's fit, means he will be a factor in 2008 and might do what many said he would do years ago, win a major!
ReplyDeleteI, too, believe Nalbandian will win a major in 2008. I also think Federer will win the French, at last, because Nadal will almost definitely get injured.
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