Nalbandian Looks to Recapture Form

David Nalbandian – the Argentinean tennis player currently ranked world number 23 is back in action and is showing some fine form as he continues his preparation for the prestigious Wimbledon tournament which is due to get underway in just eleven days. He is currently competing at the 2011 AEGON Championships at the Queen's Club, London, and will be looking to once more prove that he is one of the world's fiercest competitors on grass.

Having spent a considerable amount of time out of the game suffering with a torn hamstring as well as a quite serious adductor injury, he has picked up exactly where he left off and made quick work in defeating his latest opponent Illya Marchenko.

He is presently the highest ranked Argentinean in the game – a title he earned at the expense of Juan Martin del Potro earlier this year – and the former world number three will be looking to go one better than he did nine years ago when he reached the final, only to be beaten by the Australian, Lleyton Hewitt. Those with a Wimbledon free bet to place are unlikely to predict a repeat of that final in 2011.

Nalbandian will be keen to make up for what he will perceive as lost time when he was side-lined through injury, but he must also ensure that he eases back into the swing of things gradually and the Queen's tournament will give him ample opportunity to do so.

"It's been a frustrating time, but my recovery is going well and I expect to be in good shape for the tournament. I enjoy playing on grass, and hope to have a successful grass court season this year," he said.

Despite this, the Wimbledon odds 2011 still make him a significant outsider, although if his fitness holds he should not be underestimated.

A trademark of his game is his ferociously powerful double-handed backhand down the line, and as such he must be careful of the amount of pressure that this sort of stroke can put on a body which has still not fully recovered, but with his incredible ability to manipulate the amount and angle of the spin he puts on his ground strokes he will be hoping that for the first few rounds of Wimbledon at least, it will be his opponents that do most of the running.