Nadal defeates Verdasco in a 5 set Thriller to face Federer in Finals
I solemnly swear that I never thought that Verdasco would never give a fight to the World Number one. But What happened in Melbourne Park was something I cant describe in words. The match which had 5 sets, 3 Tie breaks, spanning over 5 hours and 14 minutes was certainly a match of Lifetime for both the players.
Comparing it would be Unfair but It certainly was the best Tennis match I have ever seen. Verdasco gave the Number one A run for his money. He took the first set 7-6 then he lost the next two 4-6 and 6-7 but then after almost 3 hours the two players never lost their breathe, never shouted in frustration or nothing.
It was just PURE TENNIS. Verdasco came back from no where and won the 4th set Tiebreak 7-1. Then in the after 4 hours of DIE HARD tennis there were TWO CHAMPIONS standing there but the painful result of this game is some has to lose and it was Verdasco.
And the sadful part was When verdasco was serving 4-5 he gave a double fault at 0-30 to give 3 break points. He survived 2 of them with some amazing volleys but then came the saddest part of this great match. Verdasco double faulted again to give Nadal the Victory and also the right to stop Federer from winning that 14th title.
The Spanish top seed beat compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-7
6-4 7-6 6-7 6-4 in a five hour 14 minute contest which started
on Friday but did not finish until the early hours of Saturday.
"Right now I'm feeling more happy than tired," Nadal said in
a courtside interview.
"For sure it will be tough to play the final in another day.
My opponent will be difficult because Roger is always very
tough.
unbelievable atmosphere. Thank you very much, it was one of my
best matches in my career."
Verdasco had lost all six previous meetings between these
two left-handers. Under the floodlights he clobbered 95 clean
winners and became the first player here this year to take sets
off the seemingly invincible Iberian.
He was ultimately unable to improve his miserable
head-to-head record, though, handing Nadal the victory when he
double-faulted on match point.
"That's a lot... too much I think," Nadal said of the number
of clean winners which flew past him.
"Fernando was playing unbelievable. His serve was amazing,
so, I think it's his best tournament in his career. He played
unbelievable. Today he deserved this win too so I want to
congratulate him."
Federer enjoyed a day off as Nadal toiled deep into the
night. The Swiss reached the final on Thursday evening, blasting
Andy Roddick off court 6-2 7-5 7-5 to reach his 18th grand slam
final and fourth one here.
1 comments:
they way the match was going on i really wanted Verdasco to win. But now Nadal vs Fed surely Nadal has the upper hand :P
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