Nottingham Finals: Dr Ivo def Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(8)

Congrats on your 4th title doc. :yeah:
Great week for verdasco. :hatoff:
he fought very well.

Ivo Is The New Sheriff Of Nottingham

Nice df which almost bounced in his own side at 8-8 in the TB, Fer :retard:

Ivooooo :woohoo:
4th title :rocker2: Now get the 5th in Wimbledon :D
Great tournament for him and nice to see him winning lots of tie-breaks again :cool:

what insane match.
all the credit to verdasco though.

Nice df which almost bounced in his own side at 8-8 in the TB, Fer :retard:

Fer :retard:

Expected double fault from Verdasco in the tie break clinched it for Ivo.

Ivo saved a mp with an... ace of course, congrats Ivo for a new title :)

Saved MP with an ace at *6-7

Feru double faulted at 8-8 after all points were with the server up till then.

great job ivo :D:D should have finished it when you had the break in the third though

saved a match point as well...

Well done to THE IVORY TOWER!!!! :worship: Nice try, sexy!~\

Dr. Boring :(

That DF :help:

Poor Fer :hug: :sad:

Fer :sad:
so close :awww:

All hail king of Nottingham. :bowdown:

Dr.Ivo,simply the best server :)

Dr. Boring, it's a shame that only serve-players still win. He has only serve (ace) without that serve he'd be in 500-1000 ATP Ranking.

Looking at the 2nd serve, I think the ball slipped on Verdasco's hand.

I thought Ivo would lose after losing serve from 4*-3 40-0 up in the final set but somehow managed to win in the tb.

Easy job for Dr Ivo.

:woohoo: for Il Divo keeping his pimp hand strong but dear god, little Fernando, what a heartbreaker. :awww:

Ivo won all 9 of his service point in the final tie breaker :)

4th finals win in a row for him after losing his 1st 2.

Has to be remembered that Nando got broken twice to love.

How he did this against the worlds worst returner on a fast indoor court is anyones guess. :retard:

Congrats Ivo!!! Hopefully he has a good wimbledon.

Karlovic's serve was in Mitsubishi ivo 8 mode today (y)

That DF :sad: so, so close damnit. was a great week for Fer anyway.

Congrats to Ivo on another grass ..oh wait, whatever, yeah congratulations.

Poor Fer :hug: :sad:
I completely agree with this post

Has to be remembered that Nando got broken twice to love.

How he did this against the worlds worst returner on a fast indoor court is anyones guess. :retard:

exactly

I'm sure Glenn and primadonna were glued to their screens from the beginning to the end of this match. Grass court tennis and that too on indoor courts:drool:

Poor Nando, so close (but yes that DF was almost inevitable really :(). Hope he can have a good Wimbledon!

Congrats to Ivo.

This match was a lot closer than I would have predicted. Good job for both guys.

Dr Ivo became crowned king:worship:

:sad: :sad: :sad: Fer :hug:

congrats to Ivo.

Ouch-DF timing.
:hatoff: to both for the final

Some lovely play by both guys, but I guess that Nando's nerves just didn't quite allow him to hold on. :sad:

Congrats to Ivo, but he has gone down in my estimations this week...behaved like a right tit at times (not that he is the only player to do it, obviously).

Dr. Boring, it's a shame that only serve-players still win. He has only serve (ace) without that serve he'd be in 500-1000 ATP Ranking.

If you had a brain you'd also have an IQ of double digits, but we're not gettin' into this.

I'm sure Glenn and primadonna were glued to their screens from the beginning to the end of this match. Grass court tennis and that too on indoor courts:drool:

Bullshit. Serve-only isn't grass tennis.

Karlo :yeah:

If you had a brain you'd also have an IQ of double digits, but we're not gettin' into this.
.

:worship: good one glenn

Verdy blew the Spanish grass Hat trick :rolleyes:

:yawn:

did anybody see the overhead winner karlovic hit from the back of the baseline in the first set when verdasco was serving at *5-6 0-15.
Well it was a very impossible shot. :eek:

This match today showed, that dr.Ivo is even more difficult to play against on a speedy indoor courts.
The bounces are higher than the grass, we have witnessed few aces over Nando's head .

And Nando,what a good service action was that when doublefalted in the 2nd TB :)

Big congrats to Ivo

thank god as well, these Spaniards winning grass events is just a disgrace... Nadal and Ferrer was bad enough, but not this clown Verdasco

Good, Ivo! Just two TBs? Unbelievable.

where is our statician Voo De maar?
He is going to love this scoreline.

Congrats Ivo :worship:. Second grass title of his career :p

http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/nottingham_saturday.asp (Post match Qoutes.)

“I was preparing for this week, so I'm really pleased that I won here,” said Karlovic. “I would like to congratulate Fernando for an excellent week. It was a little bit weird because it was indoors. Normally you expect in the final the biggest crowds, so it was a little bit unusual, but I'm happy that I won. It was really difficult, he was playing really well and in the end it was all about one or two points. It was a close match.”
“Tennis is like this,” said Verdasco. “I know that if he had hit a double fault or I had made a lucky return in the tie-break the match was mine. But I was unlucky today. I try my best all the time, I tried everything and only by one point did he beat me.”

http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/nottingham_saturday.asp (Post match Qoutes.)

I try my best all the time, I tried everything and only by one point did he beat me.”[/B]

just another hug for Fer...

and of course congrats :hatoff: Ivo.

Fer :sad:

Dr. Boring, it's a shame that only serve-players still win. He has only serve (ace) without that serve he'd be in 500-1000 ATP Ranking.

And Federer without fh would be in top10?
Davydenko without his bh would be in top 100?

Don't be silly :rolleyes:

Nando :awww:

all serve, this Karlovic

never in doubt

Congrats, King Karlovic ... :bounce: :rocker2:

Well done for Ivo to defend his title here, now it is interesting to see if he can do well in best of 5 matches. Nando had a good week and a career-high ranking here but lost a close final.

Ace Ace Baby.

Tough match.

Great match fought by Verdasco

“Tennis is like this,” said Verdasco. “I know that if he had hit a double fault or I had made a lucky return in the tie-break the match was mine. But I was unlucky today. I try my best all the time, I tried everything and only by one point did he beat me.”

Wrong, he would have choked it away somehow. And I can´t agree he was unlucky, imo he was lucky to reach that TB when Karlovic thought he had already won after he broke in the 7th game of the 3rd set, Ivo relaxed and threw his next service game. Plus Fer didn´t deserve to win this match bc of his retarded gameplan?? of rushing the net at the first chance

Shame for Fernando, but 3 Spanish grass court title winners in 2 weeks would have probably made the universe implode.

where is our statician Voo De maar?
He is going to love this scoreline.

Hi :wavey:

I've just came back from my holiday. Ivo has great record in both stats:
- MP matches (13-2)
- deciding TB-set (37-26)!*

* All level-matches

:yeah:

I'm still laughing at my first glimpse of the City of Nottingham Tennis Centre where the final took place. Tall dark curains surrounding the court, spectatots sitting outside watching through the windows, senior citizens watching indoors, 2 coaches, and Ivo's wife. A once in a lifetime tennis experience. ROTFL

Plus Fer didn´t deserve to win this match bc of his retarded gameplan?? of rushing the net at the first chance

I thought it was pretty smart to play serve-volley, he was surprisingly succesful doing it. If he hadn't done it he would have lost easier.

I'm still laughing at my first glimpse of the City of Nottingham Tennis Centre where the final took place. Tall dark curains surrounding the court, spectatots sitting outside watching through the windows, senior citizens watching indoors, 2 coaches, and Ivo's wife. A once in a lifetime tennis experience. ROTFL

It was the same last year for the QF and SFs, I remember watching the same scenes.

It won't happen next year, because Nottingham has been cancelled/moved.

I thought it was pretty smart to play serve-volley, he was surprisingly succesful doing it. If he hadn't done it he would have lost easier.

Succesful just bc Ivo´s weak "attempts" at passing him. The first chance a couple of these went over the net in the 3rd set = two easy volleys gone and broken to love :confused:

Fer :retard:

i thought you were on karlovic. :confused: