Defence of points doesn't matter as much when you're fighting for a Race spot, providing you can gain enough CR points to make the cut-off then it doesn't matter if you lose some ground in the rankings here and there. Nalbandian certainly has the best indoor record of any of the players contending for those last few spots, hopefully he can play Paris for the first time since 2002 and gain points there as well as defend them in Madrid and Basel. And if he gets to a final, win it! I do hope he doesn't become the Cedric Pioline of his generation, a great talent but a massive underachiever in terms of titles.