An Update on David's Recovery

First of all, here's David on the cover of the latest edition of Grip, an Argentine tennis magazine.

And here's the article I already mentioned in the comments, about the current state of affairs, regarding David's recovery. (From the DyN news agency, quoted on a couple of sites.)

David Nalbandian continues his recovery from the abdominal tear that forced him to pull out of the tournament in Auckland, New Zealand and the Australian Open. And the progress he's making is "good" as could be heard from his camp.

"His recovery is going well. He's in Córdoba, doing the recovery process together with his team. He has already begun with some kinesiologic exercises and also some tennis, but only very light training," Bernardo Ballero, Nalbandian's spokesman, told DyN.

Ballero emphasized that the healing process of the 7mm tear in the abdominal area is progressing "as planned" and that the recovery efforts are coordinated to meet the requirements set by Nalbandian's Spanish doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro.

This particular injury did not allow Nalbandian to defend the 250 points he gained last year by winning the ATP tournament in Sydney, which is why he dropped down in the rankings to #130. It's the first time since July 2001 that Nalbandian is ranked outside of the Top 100.

Finally, the spokesman said that King David will "start doing his training sessions in double shifts next week," adding that "he'll work hard to be in top form for the ATP tournament in Buenos Aires".

As Tamar has pointed out, this Cadena 3 article about the taxi driver story contains an audio clip (that I, to be honest, completely failed to notice until she wrote about it) in which David also talks about his comeback. There, he says that he will have to see how the recovery process continues but that the plan basically is to play the Copa Telmex. And maybe even another tournament before that, in case he's fully recovered in time.
During the week before the Copa Telmex, there are three tournaments. Rotterdam, San Jose and Costa Do Sauipe (Brazil). And I agree with Noubar that should David be able to play that week, Costa Do Sauipe would probably be the most likely option... We'll see.