argh.
i just had to blog about this.
i've never been so interested in tennis like this before.
lol.
gosh. it was such a close match.
the world's number 1 vs. 14.

although with 13 seed differences, they were both equally awesome, to me.
I actually wanted Fernando Verdasco to win, even though I knew that he wasn't as experienced as Rafael Nadal.

I stayed up until 1 am this morning, to watch this break the record of the longest match in the australian open, a match that lasted for five hours and fourteen minutes.

frustration, anger, fatigue, cramp, tiredness, was visible there on the court last night and early this morning.

It was amazing to see Verdasco serve well over 200 km/h, and had been able to get 20 aces, while Nadal, only 12.
This proves that Fernando is not so far behind his fellow Spaniard friend, Rafa.

Verdasco, after this match, will definitely come up to the top 10 seed.

Both players deserve to win, in my eyes. ♥


SOURCE: australianopen.com

Verdasco hit 95 winners to Nadal’s 52.

The 14th seed had 76 unforced errors; the No.1 seed had only 25.

Nadal converted just four of 20 break point opportunities, while Verdasco was 2-for-4 on break point chances.

Nadal won 193 points to Verdasco’s 192 for the match.

The match lasted 314 minutes, an Australian Open record.