A Great Day for Spain’s Fernando Verdasco
November 23, 2008 by Julie Bonner
Filed under Tennis
Look at the smile on the face of Spain’s Fernando Verdasco after winning the Davis Cup Final. Winning the Davis Cup for Spain has been a long time dream of Verdasco’s and today it has come true. Yes, I have chills as I am writing this. I love stories of dreams being fulfilled.
It seems that Verdasco has it all at the moment. A win for his team, who showed amazing team spirit as they mobbed him at the end. He has the beautiful French Open champion Ana Ivanovic as a girlfriend (who wasn’t there to see him win!). What is …read more
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Holy whoa! What have we got going on Court 11?! Fernando Verdasco and Mario Ancic are in an old-fashioned brawl. Verdasco won the first two sets 6-3, 6-4, but Ancic counter-punched by winning the next two sets 6-4, 6-3. Neither one is giving way in the fifth set; they’re deadlocked at 9-all. Man, I wish I …read more
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Federer is into the semifinals of the Hamburg Masters after dispatching Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-3. Federer is the defending champion but after he faces an unseeded opponent in the semis (either Nicolas Kiefer or Andreas Seppi)…and providing he can get through that match…he will likely face either Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal. Both of those players will give Federer …read more




