Nalbandian confident he will make full recovery from hip surgery and contend at Grand Slams

Nalbandian confident of full recovery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — David Nalbandian has begun to recover from recent hip surgery with the goal of returning to top-level tennis.

The 15th-ranked Argentine had surgery on his right hip two weeks ago in Barcelona, Spain, and is recovering in his hometown of Unquillo, which is northwest of Buenos Aires.

“We’ll see how it goes,” Nalbandian said at a news conference on Friday. “It’s a new injury and they all do not evolve in the same way. We’ll see how it works out with time.”

He will be sidelined for fourth months, leaving him out of Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and Argentina’s Davis Cup quarterfinal at the Czech Republic in July.

Nalbandian was a Wimbledon finalist in 2002 and reached the French Open semifinals in 2004 and 2006. He said his goals had not changed.

“They are the same as always,” he said. “Try to win the Davis Cup and also the Grand Slam tournaments.”