Nalbandian, Ivanisevic Withdraw From Indian Wells
Photo By Fred Mullane By Sarah Alvanipour
03/11/2004
The Pacific Life Open men's event begins Friday, but David Nalbandian and Goran
Ivanisevic won't be in action at Indian Wells. Former Wimbledon winner
Ivanisevic withdrew with a back injury, while 2002 Wimbledon runner-up
Nalbandian has pulled out with an ankle injury.
The 32-year-old Ivanisevic, who has posted a 1-3 record this year, will be
replaced in the main draw by Frenchman Antony Dupuis. The former No. 2 earned
his first win of the season with a 7-6(2), 3-6, 7-6(3) triumph over Bohdan
Ulihrach in Milan. He has suffered opening-round setbacks to Sjeng Schalken
in Rotterdam and Arnaud Clement in Marseille in his last two tournaments.
The 22-year-old Nalbandian opened the season by reaching his second straight
Australian Open quarterfinal where he fell to eventual-champion Roger Federer,
5-7, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6. He was forced to retire from February's Davis Cup match again
st Morocco's Hicham Arazi with an ankle injury and has played just one match —
a straight sets loss to Jarkko Nieminen in Dubai last week — since that Davis
Cup defeat.
Tennis Week.com contributing writer Sarah Alvanipour is a free-lance writer
based in Houston, Texas who is in Indian Wells covering the Pacific Life Open.
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