Verdasco stunned in Holland

Eurosport - Tue, 16 Jun 22:41:00 2009

Top men's seed Fernando Verdasco lost 7-5 7-6 to Germany's Benjamin Becker in the second round of ATP 's-Hertogenbosch, while second-seeded fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo was also knocked out.

TENNIS Fernando Verdasco se retira tras perder Foto: Imago - 0

World number 15 Robredo fell to unseeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, once ranked number eight in the world, 7-5 6-2 in their first-round match.

"Tommy is tough, I'm very happy I won today," Baghdatis said. "This is a big relief for me, I hope I can keep concentrated."

In the women's draw, second seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia was beaten 6-3 3-6 6-3 by France's Nathalie Dechy in the first round, while fourth seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania lost 6-4 6-3 to Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the second round.

Russian women's world number one Dinara Safina sailed into the second round with a 6-0 6-3 victory over Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld in just over an hour.

Crowd favourite Michaella Krajicek, the 2006 champion, lost her second-round match to Kristina Barrois 6-4 6-3.

Women's holder Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand cruised into the third round, overcoming Czech Iveta Benesova 6-3 6-1.

Reuters

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  1. goes to show fist pumping antics and dramatics ala­ nadal doesnt necessarily guarantee success. or have all­ spainiards run out of the cocktail?

    From aaditya, on Wed 17 Jun 5:14AM

  2. Verdasco won the Davis Cup and that boosted his­ self-confidence, allowing him to have a few good­ matches. But it seems that this lucky streak is running­ out and he'll probably go back to 15th or 16th very­ soon. On the contrary Del Potro is getting better and­ better. If he had not buckled under pressure in the­ fifth set he might have beaten Federer at Roland­ Garros. He is still young, I predict he'll go far,­ maybe even to number 4 very soon.

    From Jimmy, on Wed 17 Jun 5:09AM

  3. Simon Reed thinks Verdasco is better than del Potro.­ Ha, ha.

    From Spock, on Tue 16 Jun 11:20PM
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