Post Tagged with: "Fernando Verdasco"
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Madrid roundup: Murray defeats Mayer, Raonic and Isner fall
Andy Murray found it surprisingly difficult against Florian Mayer in his opening match today, needing two tiebreaks to defeat the German 7-6(11) 7-6(3). After an tame exit to Stanislas Wawrinka in Monte Carlo, Murray was looking for improvement but despite the win he looked far from comfortable. 12 consecutive holds saw a [...] -
Australian Open Greatest Matches – Nadal vs. Verdasco
At the semi final stage, Michael Hale picks the classic encounter between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco. Rafael Nadal vs. Fernando Verdasco (semi final, 2009) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (1), 6-4 The start of the 2009 season found Rafael Nadal in expansive mood. The previous year the Spaniard [...] -
Djokovic beats Stepanek to advance at Australian Open
Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic moved into the fourth round of Australian Open 2013, whilst Verdasco suffered a defeat against Kevin Anderson. The defending champion Novak Djokovic marches on in Melbourne after dismissing 31st seeded Czech veteran Radek Stepanek. The top seed Serb won the last five of their head-to-head [...] -
Djokovic beats Mathieu and begins Australian Open title defense
Defending champion and top seed Novak Djokovic booked a place in the second round of the Australian Open 2013 after defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in straight sets 6-2 6-4 7-5. In a match that lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes, the Serb managed to break his opponent four times [...] -
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. [...] -
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 [...]
