Former champion David Nalbandian will not travel to the Masters Cup in China as the first alternate because it's too far away.
Nalbandian beat Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal twice each en route to Masters Series victories in Madrid and Paris in the last three weeks, and missed out on the eight-man season-ending ATP championships by 11 points.
A three-time participant in the Masters Cup, he won it in 2005 as a replacement.
But he and coach Martin Jaite decided not to attend the tournament starting on Sunday.
After starting the year ranked No. 8 then falling to No. 26 while he was hampered by knee ligament and back strains, Nalbandian said on rising back to No. 9 he will resume training later this month with the intent next year of winning his first Grand Slam title, leading Argentina in Davis Cup, and playing in the Beijing Olympics.
Nalbandian was a Wimbledon finalist in 2002, and has been a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slams.
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