‘It is not assessed that we had a top team for the last 10 years’

Nalbandian is angry for not being part of the Argentine Davis Cup team that will travel to Stockholm, and stated that “Tito” Vazquez chose ‘the best players today’. About his injury in Buenos Aires David said: ‘Sometimes the fighting spirit betrays you’.

Despite his 9 month absence from the Tour, Nalbandian is Argentina’s ‘wildcard’ in the quest for the ‘silver salad bowl (Davis Cup Trophy nick)’, and interviewed by Despertate (TyC Sports), he spoke his mind about the difficult series against Sweden in Stockholm starting next March 5:

“Excepting someone has an exceptional day, Argentina has to think in winning the second single (first is Robin Soderling) and the doubles, which is also very strong.” and referring to the players that will represent us (Juan Monaco, Eduardo Schwank, Horacio Zeballos and Leonardo Mayer) he said: “They are the best players today“.

Trying to be more specific he described the Argentine’s chances in the fast surface the Swede’s chose:

‘It can be complicated for Monaco adjusting to a surface so quickly, but I think Zeballos and Mayer are going to feel better‘, but David fancies Argentina’s chances in the long run: “Let’s hope we can get through to the next round so that Juan Martin (Del Porto) and I can play‘.

As it is characteristic in the former World No. 3, he lost no opportunity to give a ‘wake-up call’ to the success-oriented society:

‘It is not assessed that over the past 10 years we had a top team that the worst result we got was the quarterfinals. That is not valued because it seems normal, an everyday thing, but it ceases to be today because we see that if we do not win we have to play a playoff. Cycles finish. After Vilas’ era, for example, Argentina was for a long in the American zone‘, said Nalbandian, that despite a new injury, does not regret risking his body in the last Telmex Cup in Buenos Aires:

‘Y0u knows the risks, but the fighting spirit sometimes betrays. I did not want to leave the tournament in a highly anticipated return at home‘.