ARGENTINA: TENNIS - David Nalbandian to face Sweden's Robin Soderling in first Davis Cup match in Argentina

Record ID: 448057

  • Title: ARGENTINA: TENNIS - David Nalbandian to face Sweden's Robin Soderling in first Davis Cup match in Argentina
  • Date: 10th February 2006
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MATS WILANDER, CAPTAIN OF THE SWEDISH DAVIS CUP TEAM, SAYING: "I think the peak point is some time in the middle of Sunday, hopefully. I think you hope to play better every day and I think the first day is very important, but I think you have to be one - two down at worst going into Sunday to have a chance to win. So I think that 's what we're going to (do)."
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA5U9L1B6WPDVQ00M0MUHT412L4
  • Story Text: A draw which took place in a Buenos Aires hotel on
    Thursday (February 9) revealed Argentina's David Nalbandian
    will play Sweden's Robin Soderling in the first game in the
    Davis Cup clash between Argentina and Sweden this weekend.
    The second match will see the home country's Jose
    Acasuso pitted against Sweden's Thomas Johansson.
    Nalbandian, ranked number four in the world, will face
    Soderling on Friday (February 10), having won twelve
    matches over the course of his Davis Cup career, and lost only two.
    But according to Swedish team captain Mats Wilander,
    the high point will come on Sunday (February 12), when the
    final two games are played.
    "I think the peak point is some time in the middle of
    Sunday, hopefully. I think you hope to play better every
    day and I think the first day is very important, but I
    think you have to be one - two down at worst going into
    Sunday to have a chance to win," he said.
    Acasuso, who is ranked 33rd, was drafted into the
    Argentine team to replace Gaston Gaudio, who is suffering
    from tendonitis in his shoulder. He faces Thomas Johansson,
    who has played 21 Davis Cup matches and is ranked 13, in the second game.
    According to Argentine team captain Alberto Mancini,
    the Swedish players will be formidable opponents. "I think
    that they (the Swedish team) come to give their all, and
    they feel that they really have a chance. That's the
    sensation they have, like we do when we go abroad to play," he said.
    The doubles matches will be played on Saturday
    (February 11), with the final two points played in singles
    games on Sunday. Agustin Calleri and Juan Ignacio Chela are
    the remaining two members of the Argentine team, who will
    face Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman and Simon Aspelin.
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