Argentine David Nalbandian is regarded as one the most dangerous players on tour. He never won a Grand Slam in his time as a top ten player, but the world knows he underachieved and never did justice to his talents. The World No. 45 is has struggled so far in 2012 and has a 20-16 win-loss record. He has 11 career titles to his name so far but still awaits a title haul this year.

His opponent -Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine is currently ranked at No 15 in the rankings and has 23-17 win loss record this year. He started the year with a spot in the final of Brisbane Open but failed to maintain that kind of momentum later on. He recently won his second career title at City Open,Washington and looks to be back in form.

This will be the first meeting between the two players.