  Nalbandian beats Granollers in Open Sud de France round 1  October 27, 2010 - 12:35 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Eighth seeded Argentine David Nalbandian defeated Spain’s Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-4 to book his place in the second round of Open Sud de France. Fifth seeded John Isner edged past French wild card Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-2. The American fired 10 aces to set up next round clash with another Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, who arrowed 15 aces to down Slovakian Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4. Taylor Dent of America overcame first set deficit to beat Romain Jouan of France 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. In other matches of the day, German qualifier Mischa Zverev scored a 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5) win over Dutchman Robin Haase, Belgian Steve Darcis ousted Argentine Eduardo Schwank 6-2, 7-5. 2009 runner-up Michael Llodra moved ahead when Belgium's Olivier Rochus retired midway with a right leg injury while trailing 3-2 in the opening set, tennisearth.com reported.   Top stories Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports.   Partner news |  Latest news Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating  Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1.U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia.Destruction of Armenian heritage raised at PACE Member of the Armenian delegation to PACE, MP from the “I Have the Honor” bloc Hayk Mamijanyan delivered remarks at a PACE session.PACE adopts resolution on Armenia's commitment to reforms PACE welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission. |
