Madrid Masterminds: Verdasco outsmarts Mathieu 6-4 3-6 6-3

This match will be showcasing 2 of the finest young specimens of mental stability in the ATP. It is still unclear to me who will out-yield who, but it should be quite an entertaining encounter.

Was this thread necessary? :o
Verdasco has the crowd. Mathieu recently lost to Benneteau. :rolleyes:
I think that, a priori, Verdasco has a little advantage.

Verdasco, easily.

Verdasco, easily.
:yeah:

Yay for not making understatements like me. ;)

I caught the pessimism bug from you. ;)

Dunno if the thread was necessary but I'll watch the match for sure and no doubt be greatly entertained. :D

There's one thing I've learned, and this thing is true for Paulo too. Don't expect your expectations to get real every time....On the paper, Verdasco should win, with the public behind him to help counterbalancing a possible lack of focus. But...who knows? :shrug: What is sure is that I'm gonna see that match. :)

I caught the pessimism bug from you. ;)
Just at the time i'm trying to get rid of it. :lol:

Dunno if the thread was necessary but I'll watch the match for sure and no doubt be greatly entertained. :D
Even if it turns out to be a "WTA match"? :tape:

Battle of the wackos should eb fun allez Paulo :bounce:

Even if it turns out to be a "WTA match". :tape:
Delsa, you know with PHM and Nando the drama level is right up there. And I like that. :lol:

Even if it turns out to be a "WTA match"? :tape:

You mean something like Davenport vs Parmentier? :lol:

has verdasco recovered from the back complaint he had in Stockholm?

You mean something like Davenport vs Parmentier? :lol:
This one was sooo one-sided. :tape:
I was more speaking of something like Dementieva vs. Dechy : breaks, breaks and breaks, loads of UEs and DFs, a perfect hold-up by one of the players who suddenly manages to hold in the end etc...So... the routine basically! :lol:

This one was sooo one-sided. :tape:
I was more speaking of something like Dementieva vs. Dechy : breaks, breaks and breaks, loads of UEs and DFs, a perfect hold-up by one of the players who suddenly manages to hold in the end etc...So... the routine basically! :lol:

I can only wish that it will be that close. Paulo, please don't lose 6-1 6-3 or something again! :help:

This could be a very interesting match if both of them can play semi-well, at the same time the capacity for an orgy of unforced errors is also very likely. I would like to see Verdasco win, but any individual who think he is a sure thing to win this, does need some help.

Was this thread necessary? :worship:

yes.

at the same time the capacity for an orgy of unforced errors is also very likely.

best post of this thread

Allez Paulo! :bounce:

Verdasco in Madrid should win this one.

but, how is playing verdasco?? anyone saw him last week?? or before playing??

I think PHM can win.

This match will be showcasing 2 of the finest young specimens of mental stability in the ATP. It is still unclear to me who will out-yield who, but it should be quite an entertaining encounter.

lololoolololol..................so true :lol:

the countdown is on...

:singer:

I think it will come down to which one has the stronger start because it will mess with the other's mind...............lolol

I think PHM can win.

May god hear you! :bowdown:
Allez Paulo... Bats-toi!!!!

Allez Paulo!

well nando already has a break in this first set so it depends how phm responds in the rest of this set/thestart of the next one

Madrid's altitude makes Verdasco's serve a very dangerous weapon

First set Nando 6-4. I don't mind who wins, I like them both. 2 of the most talented, underachieving players around.

Nando proves his mental stability, after leading by a set and a break and not being at all troubled on his serve he gets broken twice in a row thanks to some stunning double faults and loses the set 6-3. 1 set all :lol:

I hope you are all starting to realise why I made this thread.

:lol:

Paulo's been broken 3 times, I think every time its been to love :retard:

its ok, I can still see the tiebreaker coming.

Verdasco defies his critics to take this one out in 3, after a minor choke.

:p

A match loaded with silly errors. Why do I follow these 2, all they give me is headaches.

Well done, Fernando! His first serve was unreturnable in the first and third sets. :yeah: It went away in the second and Paulo took the momentum but predictably gave it back after having 2 BPs at 1-1 in the third and after that, totally lost his way. :help:

A match loaded with silly errors. Why do I follow these 2, all they give me is headaches.

Nando is the male Sania. :worship:

Well done Verdasco. I was waiting for him to choke (25% of first serve in the 2nd!!!) but it didn't happen.
Paulo :sad: Where is the end of the tunnel?

Nando is the male Sania. :worship:
Thats extremely harsh on Sania :o

Nando is too good-looking for Sania.

:p

Thats extremely harsh on Sania :o

Have you seen her play? :help:

Have you seen her play? :help:

Mirza is that kind of players that should be more patient and less impulsive because she hits too many risky shots searching the winners . Although in fact a lot of WTA players have this brainless playstyle , above all european blonde girls :o

Mirza is that kind of players that should be more patient and less impulsive because she hits too many risky shots searching the winners . Although in fact a lot of WTA players have this brainless playstyle , above all european blonde girls :o

Exactly. That describes Verdasco's game as well. :)

Have you seen her play? :help:
:lol: yeah, but no-one deserves to be compared with Nando :o

:lol: yeah, but no-one deserves to be compared with Nando :o

No one deserves to be compared to Sania either, so both of them deserve each other. :angel:

No one deserves to be compared to Sania either, so both of them deserve each other. :angel:

They'd make a nice couple :) Sania is :hearts: and apparently Verdasco is good looking.

Fernando :)

but Paulo :sad:

Let's see if Verdasco can do anything else in this tourny. Hopefully PHM can do something in Paris. It's been business as usual after Canada for Paulo.