Nadal vs Verdasco Australian Open Semifinal Live:
World No.1 Rafael Nadal defeated Frenchman Gilles Simon in straight sets to set up an all Spanish semifinal with Fernando Verdasco.Nadal is attempting to reach his eighth career grandslam final, his first on hardcourt.Nadal has not dropped a set enroute to semifinal is appearing in the Australian Open semifinal for the 2nd straight year, last year he surprisingly lost to Tsonga in straight sets.5 grandslam titles to his name(4 Roland Gaross & 1 Wimbledon), Nadal is desperately chasing for his maiden hardcourt grandslam title.
World No.15 Fernando Verdasco is making his first grandslam semifinal appearance after defeating two higher seeds, World No.4 Andy Murray in 5 sets in the fourth round & 2008 AO runner Tsonga in 4 sets in the QF.Verdasco made a name for himself by playing a major role in Spain's Davis Cup victory over Argentina in the finals, where he won both his rubber matches & in one of which he made a comeback victory after being 2 sets down.By making it to the semifinals of Australian Open, he will jump to No.9 spot & will jump to No.6 if he wins the title.
Both the lefties are meeting each other for the seventh time with Nadal leading 6-0.
Rafael Nadal | Fernando Verdasco
Sets Won: 13 | 1
Tiebreak Sets Won: 2 | 0
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 2 0
Hard: 3 0
Grass: 1 0
Match Over
Nadal won.
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