{"id":1269,"date":"2009-11-23T10:29:50","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T16:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2009-11-23T10:43:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T16:43:33","slug":"federer-survives-scare-to-beat-verdasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/federer-survives-scare-to-beat-verdasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Federer survives scare to beat Verdasco"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"federer-joy\"World number one Roger Federer survived a scare to see off Fernando Verdasco 4-6 7-5 6-1 in his opening match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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\nAfter Andy Murray’s three-set win over Juan Martin del Potro this afternoon, the other two protagonists in Group A took to the court at the O2 Arena.<\/p>\n

Verdasco had not so much as taken a set off Federer, who has won the end-of-season event four times, in their three previous meetings but four points into the match the Spaniard was a break up<\/p>\n

The world number one began proceedings with a double fault and that set the tone for a lacklustre set as Federer struggled to find either his rhythm or his range.<\/p>\n

Verdasco, in contrast, was a picture of calm, the sometimes erratic left-hander serving impressively and putting Federer in trouble with his big forehand.<\/p>\n

The Australian Open semi-finalist saw two more break points go begging in the seventh game but that did not come back to haunt him as he comfortably served out the set.<\/p>\n

Predictably, Federer improved at the start of the second set, the Swiss attempting to rush Verdasco by coming to the net.<\/p>\n

But the world number eight would not be intimidated and made the passing shots when he needed to keep pace with his opponent – fighting back from 0-30 in game eight.<\/p>\n

Suddenly errors were flowing freely from the Spaniard’s racquet and the match was all over when another break gave Federer a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Verdasco fought valiantly to avoid a whitewash but it was merely delaying the inevitable and the top seed easily served out the victory.<\/p>\n

Federer praised Verdasco’s performance, saying: ‘It was close, there’s no easy matches here. I had a bit of a struggle early on, got a bit lucky to get through the second but in the third I played great.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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