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David Nalbandian of Argentina is the eighth and final player to qualify for the
season-ending Tennis Masters Cup, Nov. 8-16, at the Westside Tennis Club in Ho
uston. Nalbandian clinched his place in the Tennis Masters Cup on Thursday as a
result of No. 11 Paradorn Srichaphan losing his third round match in Paris.
The 21-year-old Argentine joins countryman Guillermo Coria in the Tennis Master
s Cup. Nalbandian is one of four players (Coria, Roddick, Schuettler) making hi
s debut in the year-end championship. This is the first time since 1982 that tw
o Argentines (Jose-Luis Clerc and Guillermo Vilas) will be competing in the yea
r-end championship.
"I am very happy to qualify for the Masters Cup. It was definitively my biggest
goal of the season and I am very happy that I made it. I think I will be ready
for the event after the rest I took this and next week. I will try to give it
all and do my best in the event. I hope that this is not my only year to play t
here," said Nalbandian.
The alternate position will be decided this week at the BNP Paribas Masters in
Paris. Mark Philippoussis currently holds the alternate spot but Gustavo Kuerte
n, Jiri Novak, Tommy Robredo and Martin Verkerk all have a chance at becoming t
he alternate depending on their finish in Paris.
Despite battling injuries throughout the season, Nalbandian is on course to fin
ish in the Top 10 for the first time in his career. Nalbandian did not win an A
TP title but reached two finals (TMS Montreal, Basel) and played well in big to
urnaments, compiling a 13-4 record in Grand Slam play and 14-7 in Tennis Master
s Series events. He advanced to the
quarterfinals at the Australian Open (l. to Schuettler) and semifinals at the U
S Open (l. to Roddick).
He withdrew from three European summer clay tournaments due to an abdominal inj
ury and he has been plagued by a left wrist (tendinitis) injury since the US Op
en. He advanced to last week's final in Basel but had to withdraw from the titl
e
match and he pulled out from this week's tournament in Paris.
The other top seven players in the ATP Champions Race have qualified for the Te
nnis Masters Cup Houston, the year-end tournament where the best eight players
of 2003 collide. Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Roger Federer and Andre Aga
ssi guaranteed a place in Houston, as the four Grand Slam winners of 2003. No.
5 Guillermo Coria and No. 6 Rainer Schuettler are making their first appearance
s in the year-end championship while No. 7 Carlos Moya was a finalist at the ye
ar-end championship in 1998.
In doubles, the No. 7 team Leander Paes and David Rikl withdrew from the tourna
ment due to Paes' recent health
concerns. Paes, who suffered a brain lesion in late August, said, "It's been a
real treat, having played the 2003 season with David (Rikl). It has been a wond
erful accomplishment for us to qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup, especially s
ince we missed the winter season and the better half of the North American summ
er swing. Even though my MRI scan and medical tests are showing considerable im
provement I regret to say, I will be unable to play at the Tennis Masters Cup.
Doctors have cleared me to practice and continue my tennis activities as of tod
ay, but as I have been away for three months and not in full match fitness, the
y don't want me to risk further injury. I am confident that the next six weeks
will be enough for me to get back to peak performance to compete at the higher
echelon of our sport. I very much enjoy traveling with David and his wife, Mart
ina. They have been very supportive of me in my time of need, and I will always
have a special place for them in my heart. I would like to also thank the enti
re tennis family for their wonderful support, and I look forward to being part
of the tour again in January."
The No. 9 team in the ATP Team Race, Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez of Argen
tina, will take the place of Paes-Rikl
in the Tennis Masters Cup. The alternate team will be Wayne Black and Kevin Ull
yett of Zimbabwe.
The Tennis Masters Cup is the culminating event of the men's professional tenni
s season and is co-owned by the ATP, ITF and Grand Slams. The top seven players
in the ATP Champions Race plus eligible Grand Slam champions qualify for the e
ight-man round-robin event that will be played in 2003 and 2004 in Houston, Tex
as. The world No. 1 has been crowned during the week of the Tennis Masters Cup
in each of the past three years.
ATP CHAMPIONS RACE 2003 STANDINGS (as of October 27)
Pos. Player Points
1st FERRERO, Juan Carlos (ESP) 826
2nd RODDICK, Andy (ESP) 822
3rd FEDERER Roger (SUI) 700
4th AGASSI Andre (USA) 605
5th CORIA Guillermo (ARG) 589
6th SCHUETTLER Rainer (GER) 569
7th MOYA Carlos (ESP) 436
8th NALBANDIAN David (ARG) 392
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9th PHILIPPOUSSIS Mark (AUS) 322
10th GROSJEAN Sebastien (FRA) 312
11th SRICHAPHAN, Paradorn (THA) 304
12th EL AYNAOUI, Younes (MAR) 295
13th HEWITT Lleyton (AUS) 290
14th SCHALKEN, Sjeng (NED) 284
15th MASSU, Nicolas (CHI) 263
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恭喜小班:D
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「我發現即使就事論事，同樣的事情還是可以因為說法不同有很大的差別。
所以事實如何一點都不重要了，重點變成了誰有權利解釋這些事實。」
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