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Del potro – Verdasco 6-2 / 6-2 | Estoril Final 2011 Highlights

Juan Martin del Potro, playing at his first clay-court tournament for 23 months, won his third ATP World Tour title on red dirt and his ninth trophy overall on Sunday at the Estoril Open. The eighth-seeded Argentine defeated second seed Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-2, 6-2 in the 76-minute final, played under cloudy skies at the Estadio Nacional. “It was my best match of the week,” admitted del Potro. “Finals are difficult to play, you never know if you will play your best tennis or not. Today, I won and I played really nice tennis. Everything was perfect. “To beat Fernando you have to play good tennis. I served really well and was very confident on my forehand and backhand too. I took all my opportunities, especially on my break points. Hopefully I will be at the same level in my next match.”

Del Potro Verdasco Final Highlights Estoril 2011

Watch highlights of the Estoril Open final between Juan Martin del Potro and Fernando Verdasco.

Nadal beats Verdasco to reach US Open semifinals

Nadal beats Verdasco to reach US Open semifinals
Published: Friday, September 10, 2010 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 10, 2010 at 12:07 a.m. NEW YORK – At the start, Rafael Nadal would say later, he was “scared” by the wind.

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Federer Gets Revenge on Robin; Nadal v. Verdasco Tonight at US Open

Federer Gets Revenge on Robin; Nadal v. Verdasco Tonight at US Open
Roger Federer took one step closer to a 17th career Grand Slam title last night gaining revenge on Robin Soderling with a convincing 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win in the US Open quarterfinals.

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What time is Rafael Nadal’s semi-final against Fernando Verdasco being telecast in Perth?

This is on the 30th of January 2009
sorry if i have spelt anything wrong coz im not really sure…
and please dont tell me on the first of february or later coz thats not helpful!!
DONT ANSWER
i figured it out (7.30 incase u were wondering!!)

Fernando Verdasco Vs. Andrew Murray Live Streaming ATP World Tour Finals

Andrew Murray v Fernando Verdasco Live Streaming
LOSE in a normal tennis tournament and that’s it, you’re out. Lose here at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and all it does is make your task a lot clearer.

That, at least, is how Andy Murray is looking on his loss to Roger Federer on Tuesday night. Yes, the result was disappointing, although hardly a surprise given the way the Scot served, but it will count for nothing if he beats Fernando Verdasco this afternoon in straight sets.

Regardless of the outcome of the late match between Federer and Juan Martin del Potro, a two-sets-to-love win for Murray against the Spaniard will ensure him of a top-two finish in Group A, and therefore a place in the semi-finals. If he drops a set and wins, or even if he loses, he will still have a chance, but he knows there is no point in dwelling on such permutations.
To get that straight-sets victory, however, the Scot will need to rediscover the clinical form which he badly missed against Federer. At his best there is no stopping Murray when he gets in front in a match, even against his toughest rivals. More recently, as he reflected, he has lacked that consistency.

Andrew Murray v Fernando Verdasco Live Streaming

“I’ve had letdowns in a lot of matches,” Murray said. “I’ve let guys back in the match straight away, early in the second set. And that’s something I was doing really, really well when I was playing a lot, at the beginning of the year. When I was getting ahead, I was not giving guys chances to come back into the matches. That’s something that, these last few tournaments of the year, I’ve not done so well.”

Roddick, Verdasco move on

Roddick, Verdasco move on
Second-seeded American Andy Roddick and third-seed Fernando Verdasco were second-round winners on Tuesday at the $1.402 million Legg Mason Tennis Classic, a hardcourt U.S. Open Series event.

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ATP: Watch Andy Murray Vs Fernando Verdasco

Andy Murray Vs Fernando Verdasco Live Stream Barclays ATP World

Murray’s task is clear; a straight sets win will secure his progress. However if he drops a set or loses then things become complicated and depending on the result of Roger Federer’s match with Juan Martin Del Potro later in the day, any two of those three players could progress.

Verdasco may already be out after three set losses to Federer and Del Potro but he will be looking to finish the tournament in style before he moves on to the Davis Cup final in a week and half’s time. Having shattered Murray’s dreams of his first grand slam title at the Australian Open earlier this year, Verdasco knows he can beat the Scot on a big occasion.

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However, Murray has a very comprehensive record against Verdasco, seven wins and just the one loss. He handed out a 6-1, 6-2 drubbing to the Spaniard in the Miami quarter-finals this year and beat him in three sets in Valencia on his comeback a few weeks ago.

Murray may have won that title in Valencia but he has been nowhere near his best form since he returned to the tour. He has been guilty of playing too passively especially this week. He let Federer back into their match on Tuesday and nearly did the same with Del Potro. When he played Verdasco in Valencia, the Spaniard could well have won that match if his forehand hadn’t been quite so wayward.

“I’ve had letdowns in a lot of matches,” Murray said. “I’ve let guys back in the match straight away, early in the second set. And that’s something I was doing really, really well when I was playing a lot, at the beginning of the year. When I was getting ahead, I was not giving guys chances to come back into the matches. That’s something that, these last few tournaments of the year, I’ve not done so well.”

Australian Open – Nadal, Federer, Roddick and Verdasco Reach Semis

I guess the player whom I really did not expect to go this far is Spain’s Fernando Verdasco. The quarterfinal matches produced some unexpected results. But what matters is the looming showdown between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the finals. Will fate allow them to follow the script that every tennis fan is wishing for? Let us wait and see.

Andy Roddick was the first one to reach the semis when he actually beat defending champion Novak Djokovic who retired with a tennis match result of 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 2-1. It was a bitter way to end the defense of his title for Djokovic who clearly suffered under the extremely hot weather. Compounding Djokovic’s woes was the fact that he played in a night match previously against Marco Baghdatis and the game finished at 2:20 am. He clearly had difficulty moving by the fourth set before he threw in the towel and retired. Roddick was a good sport though, as he held his emotions under check and didn’t seem to gloat once Djokovic made his decision. To Roddick’s credit, he seems to be playing better tennis than before, his progress to the quarterfinals was overshadowed by the hype surrounding Nadal and Federer. WIth his powerful serves and better all around game, I guess Djokovic didn’t really had a chance against Roddick to fight back.

Federer beat Juan Martin del Potro in the evening match in a rather convincing fashion, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0. After his previous match were in he almost got eliminated, Federer came back and didn’t really gave del Potro any chances to win a point. It was Federer’s most devastating win, as he seemed to be sending out a message to everyone that he isn’t done yet and is still aiming to break Pete Sampras’ record of most Grand Slam Men’s Singles titles won. The win reminded supporters of the Federer of years back, when in a zone, is so difficult to beat. His victory sets him up with a very interesting semi-final against an old rival in Roddick. Next to a Nadal-Federer match, a Federer-Roddick match will sure prove to be a treat for the fans of tennis who have not seen the two men play against each other in a major tournament since a Wimbledon final years back.

Verdasco proved to be this year’s giant killer as he eliminated Andy Murray in the fourth round then followed it up with a victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France  under a closed roof of Rod Laver Arena. The score was 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Right from the start of the match, Verdasco appeared to be the more energetic and spritely player. He copied a page from Nadal’s repertoire of shots as he tried to hit game winners into the corners of the court. Tsonga looked like a different player as he struggled to place his first serves in.

Nadal faced Gilles Simon of France in the evening and the Frenchman was the only player who has provided the top ranked Spaniard some scary moments as he battled Nadal in the second and third sets before losing 6-2, 7-5, 7-5. Simon actually forced the game to Nadal, dictating the flow of the game and the pace that threw Nadal off his comfort zone. Simon made Nadal produce 24 unforced errors and only 29 winners. Too bad that Simon was error prone himself as he had 41 but did produced 42 winners to keep the match close.

Punto para Verdasco

Barcelona Open BancSabadell Trofeo Conde de Godo Point for Verdasco Punto para Verdasco

Verdasco y Söderling protagonizan un partido por los aires

Fernando Verdasco y Robin Söderling han querido presentar la edición número 58 del Abierto de Barcelona de una manera muy peculiar. Los dos deportistas han subido hasta una amplia terraza del nuevo hotel W de Barcelona, debidamente habilitada, para jugar un partido de tenis.

Fernando Verdasco campeon Barcelona 2010

www.batennis.com Fernando Verdasco derrota por 63 46 y 63 a Robin Soderling para comsagrarse campeón en el Barcelona open Bancsabadell Conde de Godó 2010.

Rafael Nadal Beats Verdasco In Monte Carlo Finals

CLAY COURT King Rafael Nadal defeated his friend and country mate Fernando Verdasco in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 in the finals

of Monte Carlo Championship. The match ended after one hour 25 minutes with lots of power hitting from both the players.

After losing the match against his dear friend, Verdasco said “When he plays like that,” “no one can beat him.” And the

statement is pretty true because on the clay court he plays like god that no one can stand among his backhands and forehands.

After winning the Monte Carlo trophy Nadal seemed pleased and he will he will be heading to his next test, in Barcelona but

playing at the Madrid is looking pretty difficult as no commitment yet from and Rome is also in the line-up.

But the most awaited Rolland Garros as his country will be starting in a month which will be the most crucial title for

Nadal as he has a record of winning this title consecutively.

However, Nadal was not playing well if we look at his previous records, Rafa has not able to win a title since last 11 months

but this win at Monte Carlo must have boosted his winning confident and will help him to win further tournaments.

He was not able to perform previously because of his knee injury and sore abdominals, and played poorly in the Australian

Open, coming to life briefly in losing to Andy Murray but he had bounce in his feet for Monte Carlo.

Rafael Nadal will be facing many big names in between his title like Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Verdasco, Ferrer, Ferrero,

Del Potro, Soderling, Berdych and Nalbandian.

So let’s see what the powerful, never say die attitude Rafa do to win further title as the journey is still hard and many

obstacles will be there for him. Let’s hope Nadal performs to his potential in the coming tournaments and win many titles.