Argentine tennis icon, David Nalbandian will play at Miami in March as a wildcard entrant. This announcement was made by the tournament officials of Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday, Feb 23 in a press conference.

Two other big guns from the world of tennis received the wild-cards to play in the tournament; that includes the American tennis icon, Venus Williams and the former World Number five, Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.

On the announcement of his inclusion in the tournament, Nalbandian said, “I’m very happy to play the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. Miami has always been one of my favorite tournaments in the tour, so I cannot wait to be in Key Biscayne in March.”

Nalbandian has won 11 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) World Tour Titles in his professional tennis career and climbed to the number three spot in the World rankings in 2006. With his inclusion, the main round draw has definitely made it interesting and will get greater viewership especially from the Argentinean fans, blogs.bettor.com reported.