The tennis player from Cordoba is part of an exhibition tournament that brings together retired stars in Pula, Croatia. He debuted in doubles with Marcos Baghdatis and lost to Tomy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt.
In 40 years, david nalbandian back to tennis Legends Cup that’s what was played Pula, Croatia. The tournament brings together ten great tennis stars who know how to make it big on the men’s circuit. For his performance, he paired the Cypriot, Mark Baghdatis, but suffered defeat against the German, tommy haas and the Australian Lleyton Hewitt.
Nalbandian had good tennis courts and threw some luxuries with his partner, but they could not sustain success, because Haas and Hewitt was imposed by 8-6 in the match played in one set.
This is the return of king david in the courts after his retirement in 2013. In addition, he was the only Argentine in the competition organized for the first time by a business group in conjunction with ATP.
David Nalbandian returns to tennis at the Legends Cup
What is the Legends Cup?
It is a contest in which they participate ten retired tennis playerswhich is divided into two groups of five. The captains of each team are Pat Cash and Ivan Lendl. the pageant there will be three chapters that will be played in different cities and the final is in Dubai, where a prize will be awarded one million euros. The idea is that over the next three years, the competition will have eight annual chapters Y at the end of the season there is a grand finale that crowns one team as champion.
Each chapter of the contest will last for three days and every day there will be three matches (two singles and one double). On the first day, each match is worth one point while on the second and third day they are worth two and three, respectively.
The first team to reach 10 points wins the chapter. If at the end of the third day there is a tie, it will be decided in a doubles match. So, the team that gets the most points in all the chapters will be the champion of the year.
The members of the first edition of the Legends Cup
Ivan Lendl’s team
- Lleyton Hewitt
- David Ferrer
- John Charles Ferrero
- tommy haas
- Radek Stepanek
Pat Cash’s Team
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- Mark Baghdatis
- Thomas Berdych
- david nalbandian
- Tommy Robredo
Source: Tycsports
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