Fernando Verdasco News
Wawrinka strolled to the first set in just 23 minutes after breaking Copil in the sixth game, but the Romanian made a comeback and bagged the second set after a tiebreak.
The Japanese, ranked 11th in the world will face this year`s Wimbledon runner-up Kevin Anderson after the South African defeated Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3 3-6 6-4.
Novak Djokovic doused Fernando Verdasco's fire then aimed a dig at French Open organisers for not watering the courts on Sunday as he moved confidently into the French Open quarter-finals.
Resurgent former champion Novak Djokovic moved ominously into the French Open quarter-finals for the 12th time on Sunday as he subdued feisty Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-4 6-2.
Former champion Novak Djokovic wore down obdurate Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut to grind out a 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2 victory in the French Open third round on Friday.
Former champion Novak Djokovic claimed a hardfought 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 victory over a grieving Roberto Bautista Agut today to book his spot in the French Open fourth round.
Grigor Dimitrov`s French Open hopes bit the dust as the fourth seed was outplayed by Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco in the third round on Friday, the Bulgarian losing 7-6(4) 6-2 6-4.
Zverev, ranked fifth in the world, recovered from a rusty opening set to break Ferrer’s service three times in the second set and twice more in the decisive stanza.
Fernando Verdasco got into a Twitter spat with Australian Nick Kyrgios on Monday over a since-deleted post in which the latter expressed his desire for the Spaniard to lose his third round match at the Miami Open.
Schwartzman hit 15 winners and 15 unforced errors, securing the biggest victory of his career so far in the ATP 500 clay court event.
The Scot finished the job in just 73 minutes on the first of three match points, an untouchable service winner.
Murray`s win improved his 2017 record to 11-2 as he seeks a 45th career title, he lost the 2012 final in Dubai to Roger Federer, his best performance at the event.
Djokovic prevailed 6-1, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in 2hr 20min on Rod Laver Arena to progress to a second-round encounter with Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.
Nadal is bidding to win his second Australian Open after beating Roger Federer for the 2009 crown.
Djokovic, has a tough first-round against experienced Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who has beaten Djokovic four times in their 13 encounters.
The world number two said it was "the dream start" to 2017 in his build-up to the defence of the Australian Open title later this month.
Djokovic said he was lucky to be in his second successive Doha final after being on the brink of a straight sets defeat
His win keeps alive hopes of final clash between the top two players in the world.
The semi-final line-up will be completed on Thursday when Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga face off.
The world number two won his second round match 6-3, 6-4 in just 72 minutes against Horacio Zeballos.
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