Archive for category: Fernando Verdasco
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Istomin beats Verdasco, Lopez also out of Sydney
Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan upset the no.4 seed Fernando Verdasco in straight sets 6-3 6-3 to reach the Sydney International 2013 quarter-finals. Istomin, who reached the semis here last year, was always in control of the match, booking himself a clash against South Africa’s Anderson in the last 8. Kevin [...] -
Dolgopolov out of Paris Masters, Verdasco retires due to injury
Sam Querrey, Igor Sijsling and Michael Llodra move into the second round of ATP Paris Masters. Verdasco and Stepanek retired due to injuries. Last week’s Valencia runner-up Alexandr Dolgopolov suffered a defeat in the first round of Paris Masters against Dutchman Sijsling, who successfully held all of his service games. [...] -
Federer reaches Shanghai quarters, plays Cilic next
Follow the Federer vs Cilic QF match here:Roger Federer v Marin Cilic Live Shanghai Masters 2012 For full match report, click here: Federer vs Wawrinka Game by Game Match Report Top seed Roger Federer defeated his friend and Davis Cup mate Stanislas Wawrinka to book a place in the Shanghai [...] -
Verdasco beats Monaco, plays Cilic in 3rd round of Shanghai
Spaniard Fernando Verdasco advanced into the 3rd round of Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012 after overcoming 7th seeded Argentine Juan Monaco in straight sets 6-4 6-2. Verdasco, who missed out some tournaments due to a writs injury, took Monaco’s serve in the third game of the first set and managed to [...] -
Cilic and Verdasco through to second round of Shanghai Masters
Croat Marin Cilic needed 1 hour and 33 minutes to advance into the second round of the 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters as he defeated Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot in straight sets 7-5 6-3. 10th seeded Cilic, who overpovered Kubot from the baseline and served quite well throughout the whole match [...] -
Querrey beats Verdasco at the China Open 2012, Baker out
It was a night of contrasting emotions for Americans as Sam Querrey came from a set down to beat Fernando Verdasco in China, serving 10 aces on his way to a 5-7 6-3 6-4 defeat. It was a tightly contested match throughout with both players giving very little on serve. A tiebreak [...] -
Tipsarevic defeats Verdasco, plays Simon in Bangkok semis
Janko Tipsarevic and Gilles Simon to meet in Thailand Open 2012semis after straight sets victories over Verdasco and Monfils respectively. Serbia’s number two Tipsarevic keeps confirming his top seed role at Thailand Open in Bangkok. On the other hand, fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco had enough chances to find himself on the [...] -
Verdasco and Simon reach Thailand Open 2012 quarterfinals
Fernando Verdasco and Gilles Simon make it to 2012 Thailand Open quarterfinals after eliminating 2011 finalist Young and Soeda in straight sets. Last year’s runner-up American Donald Young fought a good battle against fifth-seeded Spaniard Verdasco. The opening ten games of the last sixteen match on the hard court of [...] -
Verdasco survives scare, Nieminen and Troicki progress at the Thailand Open
Fernando Verdasco bounced back from losing the first set to avoid a surprise defeat against Tatsuma Ito in the first round of the 2012 Thailand Open, winning 3-6 6-0 6-2. One of a number of Japanese players in the draw, Ito was thought to have the toughest draw of them all [...] -
Federer defeats Verdasco to advance into last 16 at US Open
World no.1 Roger Federer made light work of the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco as he crushed him in the third round of the 2012 US Open, winning 6-3 6-4 6-4 after 2 hours and 2 minutes of play at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. Five time champion Federer broke [...] -
Simon and Verdasco enter third round of US Open
Both Gilles Simon and Fernando Verdasco dropped a set in second round of US Open, but are through to next round where they will play Fish and Federer. Sixteenth seed Simon did not produce his best tennis against World No. 182 Jimmy Wang from Chinese Taipei, but it was convincing [...] -
Fish, Verdasco and Chardy advance to the second round of US Open
American player Mardy Fish reached the second round of the 2012 US Open as he overcame Japanese player Go Soeda in straight sets 7-6 7-6 6-3. Fish waited till the ninth game of the first set to get the first break of the match. However, at 5-4 up he then [...] -
Lukas Rosol through in Hamburg
The surprise darling of Wimbledon after putting Rafael Nadal to the sword, Lukas Rosol provided another upset today, this time on the clay at Hamburg. Today’s scalp was that of eighth seeded Viktor Troicki who took the first set against Rosol 7-5 but felt the wrath of the 26-year-old in [...]





