ROME cheering Thread!! VAMOS FER! ♥

First service still not in shape, from what I could see! :awww:

Well done Fer! :banana: :dance:

Fernando Verdasco, one of the hottest players of this clay-court spring, showed that he didn't come to Nice without a strong will to go all the way. Verdasco who captured the title in Barcelona, and was runner-up in Monte Carlo, needed only one hour and 6 minutes to oust Frenchman Florent Serra 6-2, 6-2. His next oponent, Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky should watch out.
http://www.opennicecotedazur.com/news-day-2010-63.html
My reaction on read that! :spit: Good touch by the editor. :yeah:

Well done Fer! :bounce: There's concerns about his ankle/fatigue but I'm sure he knows what he's doing. It's good he kept this match short anyway. ;) He's been a bit of an Iron Man lately. :p

Match to start in a minute. Vamos! :rocker2:

Come on, FerVer! :D

(Does anyone have a streaming link? I found this one (http://www.fromsport.com/video-253983.html), but it's not working. Yet, at least.)

Early break for 2*-1. :cool:

I just caught the break. *grin* Found a working link, thank goodness.

So, are we the only two watching? :wavey:

I just caught the break. *grin* Found a working link, thank goodness.

So, are we the only two watching? :wavey:
Internet's too slow for me. Just watching livescores. :cool:

4-1. :bounce:

First set 6-2. I think Fer wants to hurry and finish off these matches, save some energy. :devil:

3-1. :woohoo:

Came back from 0-40 down in that game.

Pity he didn't hold the break. 4-3* right now, Fernando serving.

Stakhovsky is really using his drop-shots well, I have to say. Fernando certainly isn't the slowest person ever. *grin*

:eek: WTH!! Just got home! I thought this match could be over by now! TB 4/3 to the ucrain? Anyone watching? Something happened? Will open stream, but doesn't really work that much! ;)

Right! Stream just work by the time he lost the set and to see him stratching his left arm! :awww: Did he feel something before? :scared:

*Edit* Trainer on court now! :sad:

I'm not sure. My stream died right around the time the tiebreak began, so I can't really say anything about that. The second set was a lot tougher than the first, though. I don't know Stakhovsky that well, but he's played much better that set and even has a break now! :eek::sad:

The stream just opened on his face so at the first I tought thwy were showing Soda's match! :lol: Looks like his game boast on the second to now. What I'm worried it's about Nando's physical condition. :awww: He will be crashed if he loses it because of some kind of injury, by everyone in MTF mostly. And I will be pretty bad too, on changing my mind and thinking that wasn't that bad for him palying Nice. It's 3/1 for the ucrain, but I guess Fer is already thinking on Paris!!! :sad:

Watching on streams make me really MAD! :mad:
It's not only delayed but also frezze most of times!!
Stressed!!! Fer broke back, had another BP in the last game, but they are 4/4. Fer serving now! I don't want him to lose, never want him to lose, actualy ;), but I hope he doesn't push himself to much. Losing here will be better taken than losing on RG on earlier rounds! :awww:

YEAHHHH!!!! I take back the part he was already thinking on Paris!
:banana: :banana: :dance:

But really, hope he doesn't go to far and put himself in jeopardy.
Good come back FER! :hug:

This was weird. It was partway through the second set and then I dozed off (it was late lol), then I woke up again and I saw he'd dropped the second and had MPs in the third.

Good comeback FeVer. :yeah:

I don't know if I like him playing here though. :sad: Him burning out or being injured at RG is my worst nightmare. :bigcry:

Sorry just continuing my rant. If he shows up out of shape for RG. :smash: He shouldn't have played here! :o

A week's rest and practice he would've been perfect for RG. :o

:awww: I'm afraid he won't be 99% for RG. He actually started this clay season with doubts about playing here or there, before MC for instance, because there was always something bothering him. It seems to be a consistence on his life, prefessional tennis life is like that, so don't really know what is gonna happen in RG. What I do know is that he can't go beyond his limits, really hope he gives his body a chance for call it off. :hug:

I couldnt sleep when fer played.. hmm i just went to bed after he had won last night! Tv didnt live nice ... they only live mary cohnr Semi final today good luck to our fever!

French draw coming, loks like Fer is on Rafa'a half draw and he will get Igor Kunitysn in R1. RG doesn't look good to me so far. :awww:
Soon will post the draw on draw's thread! Fer. :hug: Wonder what is going through his mind now, SF due in less than 2 hours and a tough RG in the next 3 days. :confused:

Fer's draw actually looks pretty good to me. He's in Rafa's quarter but before that...every match is winnable. Gonzalez could be tough. Anyway he'll have to beat Rafa sometime if he's truly got ambitions to win a slam.

I wish he'd just withdraw from his SF. He has arm problem now, he was clutching his back according to someone. Urggh...FER! :shout:

If wasn't for his arm, I totally gree with you! I have already said that if he wants to win a GS, draw must be the last problem. Yesterday I got home and turn on the stream just by the time he was having treatment for his arm, NOT THE EXACTLY image I wanted to see, after that he started bad the 3rd set, thought he was going to lose it, but no. So, no words yet if he still playing SF, but I guess a retirement for injury is not what we would like to hear, conflicted!! :confused:
Anyway, :o If all goes well in Paris, Fer has a long way, I really would like to see him playing Rafa like AO 2009, with his victory, that would be awesome.
Possible opponents: Kunitsyn, Kohlschreiber, Almagro/Gonzalez (tough), Nadal, Ferrer, Federer. VAMOS FERRRRR!! Always!!! :woohoo:

I remember last year he had abdominal problems during US Open and still made the quarters. But I'd rather Fer be fully fit and not have to play through too much pain at a slam. :(

Anyway looks like the SF is going ahead, it's about to start. Hopefully he can keep the matches short from now on. ;)

Yepi! It's all set! :awww:

I hope he knows what he's doing. :scared: Three titles so early in the year would be pretty cool though. :hearts:

Oh and I love how similar our avatars are. :p

Right, Fer is on court, WHAT ABOUT that huge white band on his arm, down the elbow? :sobbing:

:o He shouldn't be playing. :smash:

Mayer has a good service, while Nando still has problem with his 1st service. Are you watching stream? What are you getting from his body language? My stream is most of the time frozen! :mad:
Yeah, our avies quite match! :lol:

I'm not watching stream, only livescores. My internet is too slow. :o

:awww:

Nando's only lost two points on serve (one with a DF) so far. So he seems to be hanging in there. Maybe we were worrying about nothing and that he'll be fine for RG. Or maybe Mayer's just a really bad returner. :awww:

Not long points so far, none had BP yet and Fer is holding, no sign of pain! :awww: Very thoughtful he is on changings! :unsure:

Just now Nando got 3, no 2 BP :p

YEAH!! BP up, racket down the floor from Mayer! Yeah Mayer be a kind frind and just make it easier for Fer and us! ;)

Vamos! :rocker2:

He lost 1 SP, frustration, racket on the floor and Mayer back on! Easy is not on Fer's dictionary!

Dammit, screwed up serving for the set. :o

A bit too much of this lately from Fer. He had SPs in Madrid VS Youzhny, 6-2, 3-1 (40-15) yesterday and was still taken to three, and now he's wasted serving for the set here.

He was very solid in this area up until the last few tournaments. Bring it back FER!

Had BP again but Mayer holds, so 6/5 Fer serving.

Tb

7-3 in the TB. Good job Fer. :rocker2:

Ohoh, he really seems injured. Trainer on court. *flinches*

:yawn:7/6 Fer, it could have been 6/4. :rolleyes:
Anyway, trainer on, for Mayer! phew!! :awww:

Pwew. My stream died just after I saw the trainer on court. I assumed it was for Fer. XD

Tough luck for Mayer, though. For his sake I hope he can continue.

Ooh thank God it's not for Fer. Sucks for Mayer though. :(

At this time, I'm just praying for a match in 2, avoid 3rd Fernando, please!!!!

trainer again for Mayer!!! :awww:

What's Mayer been getting treated?

yes, it was, tight match, 1h25min already! :awww:

Does Fer seem physically OK?

As overall, today Fer looks much better than yesterday, even with that stripe that it doesn't seem to be bothering him! 5/4, holding there on 2nd, could finish it with a break! VAMOS!!

:eek: Can't believe this, he won it breaking Mayer's service!! :banana:
Now looking forward for his thoughts on his arm!!! :dance: FER! :hug:

Vamos! :rocker2: Only one match in this pointless tournament to go, then onto the bigger leagues. :rocker2:

yeah! Until the toughest league! :awww: Hope his motivation come over everything in order to go farther in RG. :scared:

Well, winning a tournament right before RG would certainly up the motivation, I think. (And the confidence!) Let's just hope he's not tired and does really well at RG. :D

(And, unrelated, that this match didn't affect Mayer's chances, either.)

Good luck for Fer today on the final and for those following on SB or stream, not a easy task! ;) Won't be able to follow it today, so hopefully by the time I come back, match will be over in a short period with a win from Verdasco!! :woohoo:
VAMOS FERRRRRRR!!!! :banana:
Later! :)

Playing pretty shit atm and will probz lose this set now. But please play up your game ASAP Nando!

Lost first set. :( A third set is all we need.

Agreed, no way Gasquet will win this in 3.

Nando :(Well if he lost today nothing to be sad he has a match tomorow

The fighting capabilities of this man are quite unreal :bowdown:

Second set 7-5 to Nando. :cool:

Early break! 2-0 up in the third. :bounce:

In nando we trust

Keep it together Nando! Come on!

4-1. :woohoo:

Uh oh :unsure:

Damn, he had a few BPs to serve out the match at 5-1, and now it's 4-3. :lol: Get it together Nando. :(

Nando. :mad: Stop choking please...:o

Break now! Come on!

Just got home! Can someone please tell me, what is going on? Resume! :awww:
As overall Fer didn't manage to do it easily! Lost losts of chances? What happened between him and crowd?

Just got home! Can someone please tell me, what is going on? Resume! :awww:
As overall Fer didn't manage to do it easily! Lost losts of chances? What happen between him and crowd? French crowd Ales.... and if Fer questions points... or starts his bla bla :rolleyes: (he needs to listen to dad and shut it...:lol: ) the French will boo you...especially with the Frenchie on court as well ;)

The only think I don't like about RG is the crowd :tape: so why would that be different in Nice? :rolls:

TB. :scared: Nando better not lose this, after all the leads he's had. :mad:

DF to start the TB. :o

TB. :scared: Nando better not lose this, after all the leads he's had. :mad:you try winning in that atmosphere.... getting booed at every chance they get....

And he loses. :shout:

He had points to go up 5-1, he served for it at 5-3. Just awful Nando. :smash:

:hug: Fer, great week...shouldnt have played at all imo :lol: but nevertheless, another final...we can't complain ;)

well done Richie! :yeah: about time you won something again :)

Seriously WTF Nando! :smash:

Oh well :hug: French crowd are ***** as well!

French crowd Ales.... and if Fer questions points... or starts his bla bla :rolleyes: (he needs to listen to dad and shut it...:lol: ) the French will boo you...especially with the Frenchie on court as well ;)

The only think I don't like about RG is the crowd :tape: so why would that be different in Nice? :rolls:

Tks Sjoukje! :hug:

Oh no! He lost! :sad:
Not sure how he will take this loss, he must be really mad at him and all the confidence built might just go away! Not good before RG!!

Seriously WTF Nando! :smash:seriously...:lol: get over it already! :lol:

seriously...:lol: get over it already! :lol:
How can you not be mad? I repeat, points to go up 5-1 and serving for the match at 5-3. :o

How can you not be mad? I repeat, points to go up 5-1 and serving for the match at 5-3. :owhy should I be mad? What's the point of me getting mad?

1 Fer will be mad enough for all of us
2 He got to the final, and in the physical state he's in atm...we should be happy he got there :o coz he's slowly falling apart...
3 Richie's a nice guy, good player..... give him some credit too....
4 the crowd didnt help matters either.....

so yeah, disappointed okay but mad? no....... get over it !

Richard shouldn't even be on tour at the moment, that's the most pisstaking thing here.

Richard shouldn't even be on tour at the moment, that's the most pisstaking thing here. don't even go there..... please :lol: thanks

Watch GM now!

yeah French crowd is kind weird, but tks god not all of them! Right Sjoukje? Speaking on our friend Val! :D
Now, up to all the roller-coaster of RG!!!
Cheer up Fer, let oll your demons in Nice and head as :angel: to Paris!

I merged 2 threads in GM and that's it :lol: I better not go back :rolls:

Poor Nando. :hug: I trust he'll be off to Paris almost right away. Hope Feli can cheer him up if he finds the time. Also hope he realizes that although this choke was epic fail, his clay season in general has been spectacular.

I'm still furious :mad: but mostly I'm just worried that has knocked his confidence.

Poor Nando. :hug: I trust he'll be off to Paris almost right away. Hope Feli can cheer him up. Also hope he realizes that although this choke was epic fail, his clay season in general has been spectacular.

I'm still furious :mad: but mostly I'm just worried that has knocked his confidence.:zzz:

His confidence will be just fine :lol: I would worry more about his physical state :o

:zzz:

His confidence will be just fine :lol: I would worry more about his physical state :o
Hey I toned down my fury. :angel:

Cheer him up Feli...:angel:

Hey I toned down my fury. :angel:

Cheer him up Feli...:angel:you sounded like a broken record... :p

Feli won't cheer him up.... :p

Yeah! Pretty sure if there is one person really mad with this all is Fer. Poor guy! He is having a really great clay season, I guess he didn't expect this, that's why Nice on his shedule, but just right before RG he gets all this pressure of being one of the big names to reach SF in Paris. We know already he has his mind issues during the matches, but we also know he has improved a lot in last tour. At this time of adjustments ups and downs will be there still. So, today was Nice, past already, now the proof of his changing might come inthe following week, where he should get over the mistakes and think he can do a gret tour. beacause he is capable, talent and belives in himself.
:awww: VAMOS FERRRR!!!! RG here we go! :banana:

Feli better do some serious love making, bring Nadal too while you are at it. That was a bad choke, Nando let the crowd get to him and went off the deep end. I have never seen him get so mad, he was cussing and yelling and even his dad told him to calm down. Wow, it was a crazy match, at times Nando played well but he should have never let the crowd into this match, it is the only reason he lost it. And even though I really like Richie, I have to say that injury time out in the third set was some serious bull shit. That man in the crowd who was yelling obscenities at Nando should have been kicked out. I do think Nando will be more than fine for the French. (More French people jeering just what he needs).

The Fer - Feli "love affair" is so not funny anymore :lol:

Feli better stay out of Fer's business and focus on getting his own life back in order :p

The Fer - Feli "love affair" is so not funny anymore :lol:

Feli better stay out of Fer's business and focus on getting his own life back in order :p

Maybe they should rotate every couple of months. Nando- Rafa, Nando- Feli, Nando- David. That way it won't get boring.:wavey:

Maybe they should rotate every couple of months. Nando- Rafa, Nando- Feli, Nando- David. That way it won't get boring.:wavey:or maybe not :lol:

or maybe not :lol:

You just want him all for yourself. Sharing is caring.

Very disappointed in Fernando.

Very disappointed in Fernando.

Don't be too hard on him, we all have our moments.

Feli better do some serious love making, bring Nadal too while you are at it. That was a bad choke, Nando let the crowd get to him and went off the deep end. I have never seen him get so mad, he was cussing and yelling and even his dad told him to calm down. Wow, it was a crazy match, at times Nando played well but he should have never let the crowd into this match, it is the only reason he lost it. And even though I really like Richie, I have to say that injury time out in the third set was some serious bull shit. That man in the crowd who was yelling obscenities at Nando should have been kicked out. I do think Nando will be more than fine for the French. (More French people jeering just what he needs).

Why they do that? :scratch: It's not like DC cup! :(
It's definitely right support your country man, but no need to bash the other player for it!! :mad:
Anyway, feel bad for Nando's behavior, even he, after some time, will think he went too far and that it was a shame to let the crowd get into his mind.
So, ok done with Nice already!
Looking forward for th other weeks, clay 2010 is almost over! :awww:
Being a good ride so far, even with the dramas! ;)

Why they do that? :scratch: It's not like DC cup! :(
It's definitely right support your country man, but no need to bash the other player for it!! :mad:
Anyway, feel bad for Nando's behavior, even he, after some time, will think he went too far and that it was a shame to let the crowd get into his mind.
So, ok done with Nice already!
Looking forward for th other weeks, clay 2010 is almost over! :awww:
Being a good rode so far, even with the dramas! ;)

I don't know but I think he should skip Nice next year. LOL:p

I don't know but I think he should skip Nice next year. LOL:p

I think he almost certainly will skip next year, I don't think they would be too welcoming after what happened today! :lol:

:o If there is something people would ask me if I'm sure about I would say: " Fernando is not playing Nice in 2011!". :lol:

Poor Fer! Gasquet could have told him all about French crowds getting on your back:) I'm sure he'll put it behind him.

Hopefully! And for sure you will see him on the second week! :D

I doubt the Paris crowd will carry on from the Nice crowd. But they can give players a really rough time. I always felt sorry for Mary Pierce. Murray will experience it in Paris - but if Gasquet doesn't put up a fight, then he will get barracking from the crowd.

Hingis got it so bad against Graf in '99. And Serena gets in a lot, especially against Henin.

Fer :sad: :sad:

Good luck for Paris, chico :yeah:

I come to say that because thecrowd cheers for their country man, it's not a reason to insult! I heard it on the radio, I didn't saw the match.
Fernando, you should know that your crowd during the Madrid final this and the past years booed Fed when he was going to check the mark on the line or applauded when he put a 1st serve into the net.
Tsss

The crowd thing is just an excuse. The top players ignore the crowds, or at least should. The crowd were ugly but it was no excuse for choking the third set away like that.

I doubt the Paris crowd will carry on from the Nice crowd.

Well, there is a chance they might, since this whole thing has kind of blown up, and especially now since there is a chance Fernando will play again Florent Serra in the second round and the spectators will want to cheer on their man :bolt:

So worried about Nando's pyhiscal state!

But forget Nice and concentrate on FO!! I am so worried about his FO. The draw is tough and every match will be very hard.

Not sure if it means anything, but there was an ad for Sky Sports on my TV just before advertising quickly all the sports in the season and on the tennis/RG section, there were only a select few players to come up on screen and Nando was one of them (and there was no Murray, Djokovic, Roddick etc.). :cool: Good to see him getting some respect. ;)

Well the crowd cheer R Gasque so ... it gave nando pressure
And i really understan nando's feelings right now .. Stand right beside you nando! Try better in FO

Well, there is a chance they might, since this whole thing has kind of blown up, and especially now since there is a chance Fernando will play again Florent Serra in the second round and the spectators will want to cheer on their man :bolt:

I saw Rafa get a tough time when he played Grosjean - the next time he played, he was cheered. And it happens at all 'home' tournaments - I was embarassed when the crowd applauded a double fault by Kafelnikov when he played Henman at Wimbledon a few years ago - and look how the US crowd treated Agassi's opponents. Even further back, I'll never forget the flak Lendl took every time he played Johnny Mac at the US Open.

Of course players like Lendl and Rios feed off it:)

Not sure if it means anything, but there was an ad for Sky Sports on my TV just before advertising quickly all the sports in the season and on the tennis/RG section, there were only a select few players to come up on screen and Nando was one of them (and there was no Murray, Djokovic, Roddick etc.). :cool: Good to see him getting some respect. ;)

Sky don't cover RG - I expect it stems from the Masters last season in London.

Hingis got it so bad against Graf in '99. And Serena gets in a lot, especially against Henin.

That was horrendous! Poor Tina!

Sky don't cover RG - I expect it stems from the Masters last season in London.
Oh I know what you mean; it's ESPN that does the ad, but it's on the Sky Sports channel, for me anyway. :p

Play with FERvor and you can win. :rocker2:

Well, unfortunately Fer withdrew from Queens! :awww: Hopefully not a major injury, just more time to rest! :unsure:

Well, unfortunately Fer withdrew from Queens! :awww: Hopefully not a major injury, just more time to rest! :unsure:

I hope so too, but it really doesn't make any sense.. Why pull out of prestitious Queen, why not Boodles?

:sad:

I hope so too, but it really doesn't make any sense.. Why pull out of prestitious Queen, why not Boodles?

:awww: I wish I had some answer, but no! And the only source is the tourn. thread here in MTF. On the tourn. website his name is on still, but I guess they will change it tomorrow. Let's wait for official news on that! :sad:

:awww: I wish I had some answer, but no! And the only source is the tourn. thread here in MTF. On the tourn. website his name is on still, but I guess they will change it tomorrow. Let's wait for official news on that! :sad:

I got the news from Twitter, waiting for an update..

Withdrawing from Queen isn't so bad, as he had nothing to defend in the grass leadups.

I guess he's withdrawing from Queens rather than Boodles 'cause Queen's is sooner. If Queens was the week of Boodles he'd withdraw from Boodles probably.

Still need to wait Official news!

Good call. Next year he needs to be more sensible and not play so many weeks in a row. Nice was a massive mistake physically and mentally.

He's officially out of queens - glad I didn't try and go!

:awww: Wish all the best to Fer!! Whenever he comes back, hope he comes 100% recovered. :)

Thanks Fer, you totally give your self more time to rest!

I hope that if Soderling wins the French Open final against Nadal, it can serve as some sort of inspiration for Fer. :D

I hope that if Soderling wins the French Open final against Nadal, it can serve as some sort of inspiration for Fer. :D

Sadly, It didnt happen... Good luck on grass season FER! When you get back show your best!!

I hope that if Soderling wins the French Open final against Nadal, it can serve as some sort of inspiration for Fer. :DI would think his countryman would be the inspiration here :lol:

I would think his countryman would be the inspiration here :lol:
If Soderling were to beat Nadal it would've shown Fer that Nadal's not unbeatable. :lol:

If Soderling were to beat Nadal it would've shown Fer that Nadal's not unbeatable. :lol:he knows that already :shrug:

he knows that already :shrug:
He has a funny way of showing it. :p Nah whatever, I'll stop talking about Fer/Nadal. He'll beat him eventually, I have faith. ;)

He has a funny way of showing it. :p Nah whatever, I'll stop talking about Fer/Nadal. He'll beat him eventually, I have faith. ;)

me too , always belive :D

me too , always belive :D
I love your avatar, it's nice! :D

He has a funny way of showing it. :p Nah whatever, I'll stop talking about Fer/Nadal. He'll beat him eventually, I have faith. ;)

me too , always belive :D

Me too :) In Russia we say - hope is the last to die :lol:

Me too :) In Russia we say - hope is the last to die :lol:
US Open perhaps? :aplot: We'll see anyway. :lol:

Boodles is a funny word.

Boodles is a funny word.
Indeed it is. :haha:

I love your avatar, it's nice! :D
I try to put my fav fer's pics here :D:D

Didn't realize there was a Boodles challenge thread! lolol...
Just moved it from News & articles! ;)

Fer played 2 matches at the Boodles Challenge, lost one and won the other one. Once he lost the first match he won't be playing the finals. He is still adapting his game to the grass. Some DFs, but no sign of injury, which is good. Tomorrow the draw for Wimbledon will be out. Fingers crossed for a good one. Looks like Ivo is out, feel bad for him, but is kind good for Fer. ;)

I thought the Boodles Challenge went for a week. :lol:

Anyway I'm a bit unsure about this Wimbledon. I hope he has a good showing. After the FO 4R I felt bad for him and wanted to give him a big hug lol. :awww:

:lol: And actually it hasn't finished! Fer still plays one more match. It will be tomorrow at 2:30PM local time, he plays against Kiefer!
Tks to verdasconews for the info. :)

Anyway I'm a bit unsure about this Wimbledon. I hope he has a good showing. After the FO 4R I felt bad for him and wanted to give him a big hug lol. :awww:

ITA agree with this. I felt so bad for him when he lost that early in the FO. He's had such a good run on clay this season. Getting to the QF would be icing on the cake and well deserved IMO. Too bad it didn't happen, but I hope he can reach further in Wimbly. First couple of matches should be fairly easy, but after that, well.. looks like he has a tough draw yet again. He's in the same half as Soderling and Nadal. Poor guy. But I guess everything is possible. I believe in him. Vamos Fer!

Fer won his last match and the Boodles challenge. He won 2/6, 6/7, 10/12 STB. Now, heading to Wimbly! Good luck to him! ;)

Fer won his last match and the Boodles challenge. He won 2/6, 6/7, 10/12 STB. Now, heading to Wimbly! Good luck to him! ;)
:lol: Wow. :worship:

OK let's go Wimbly. :cheer:

Cant wait To see him in Wimbly Good luck FER... And there is no schedule of play yet?

Cant wait To see him in Wimbly Good luck FER... And there is no schedule of play yet?
It's out, but Fer will not be playing on the first day. The second day. ;)

What's Fer's schedule for the next few months?

What's Fer's schedule for the next few months?
He's playing Bastad next, then a week after that finishes he'll play in Switzerland (not one but two pointless clay MMs :p), after that Cincinatti, Monteal and then USO. In addition to DC duties which I think might be just after Bastad. Looks like another packed schedule. :scratch:

I miss him though, so bring it on. I just wish he'd drop Switzerland. Even Bastad seems uncecessary to me. A clay MM when RG is long gone?

He'd better not get himself injured again. :mad:

Gotta miss Fer alot this month .. I am okay with it .. And i TV wont live Bastard or Davis Cup sadly

I hope Fer doesn't play the clay tournaments. He should get fit for the US hardcourt season.

Someone needs to tell Fer not to play while he's injured. :mad: I admire his patriotism and everything but he wasn't 100% for DC and he won't be 100% in Bastad.

I don't understand why everyone thinks he's injured??

I don't understand why everyone thinks he's injured??indeed :lol: he obviously isnt or he wouldnt be playing.. I mean, he's not THAT stupid is he? :lol:

and he's got a bye in Båstad, so some rest....unless he parties too hard with the football team :haha: :spit:

I don't think a 100% fit Fer would lose in both the 1R of Wimbledon and his DC match. Something ain't right that's for sure. :scratch:

I don't think a 100% fit Fer would lose in both the 1R of Wimbledon and his DC match. Something ain't right that's for sure. :scratch:he's got problems with his feet, but he's been having that for a few years now....also he's played a lot of tennis and he's only human, he can get tired as well..... only natural.

seriously, if he cannot play he will not play :shrug:

He was supposed to have surgery in the off-season. :rolleyes:

Anyway good luck Fer. :hug: I won't expect much from here, but maybe to right the ship on the American hardcourts. :cool:

Well, he did play last year with a bunch of minor injuries (that abdominal tear during USO especially :hug:) so who knows.

Hopefully he will do much better in Cincy this year! I'm going to go for the first few days, I don't want to see him lose first round :sad:

Fer would perhaps play for himself injured but not davis cup (see doubles only play in the final last year) - he wouldn't risk the team losing because he wasn't 100%.

I think he's rested and injury free but he's a rhythm player that likes to play weeks in a row and build up some momentum.

Like Carlita already said I am pretty sure that Fer wouldn´t play if he is injured...
And to be honest he really didn´t play that much lately...he lost early in Wimbledon, so he almost had 2 weeks off before Davis Cup and also in Davis Cup it was less stressful than last year for him.

I really hope Fer is in a good shape and can do some damage here in Båstad, especially to some Swedish guy ;)
At least Fers team has already arrived ;)

Fer is withdrawing from Gstaad and going to play Legg Mason instead :yeah:

http://blog.gvtnews.com/2010/07/12/fernando-verdasco-accepts-wild-card-into-legg-mason-tennis-classic.aspx

Did he definitely pull out of Bastad? That seems unlike him but it's probably better to go onto the hardcourts and not go back to clay. He probably wants to go to Las Vegas.

who said he pulled out of Båstad?

he's on his way there now :p

He pulled off from Gstaad, Switz. So I think he will be fine for Washington. Tennis players will never be injury free, they try to minimize those. So far he is hanging there. We are aware of his past injuries, I think he is pretty much over most of them, sciatic nerve might be a treat though. But I'm sure he is trying the best to be healthy so he can play his best game in the second half of the season.
Bastad now!! VAMOS FER! :D
Have fun there Sommarsverige. Cheer him up loud! :)

OOP is out, Fer is definitely playing on thursday, he is not in for tomorrow. One extra day for resting and practcing. :)

Fer is withdrawing from Gstaad and going to play Legg Mason instead :yeah:

http://blog.gvtnews.com/2010/07/12/fernando-verdasco-accepts-wild-card-into-legg-mason-tennis-classic.aspx:scratch: I think he's just playing both...... as they are not in the same week...

where does it say he's pulled out of Gstaad? This article just says he's accepted a WC for Washington :shrug:

Nando the tournament whore. :p

He is playing bastard tomorow hope to see him more and i guess he love playing in clay lol so its his best so he has no problems with clay tournament

Fer is 2nd tomorrow, plays against Stephane Robert FRA. *edit* matches start at 11 AM.

Vamos Ferrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :bounce: :bounce:

Vamos Chico. :rocker2:

Finally a match I can follow live. :cool:

Oops, Robredo/Gobulev delayed by rain. Please don't be too long. :scared:

Tommy match started dont know how long we have to wait

It's almost finished, Tommy's winning. Nearly Nando time. :woohoo:

Vamos Tommy ... waiting for Fer

2-0 up. Nice start. :hearts:

4-0. He looks to be doing good. ;)

I only saw some parts of it but it was a wonderful performance from what I saw. :rocker2:

Sterner tests have yet to come but watching him today I'm confident.

6/1, 6/1 was a good result, in more than 1hour. :D

Clay-court specialist in the house! Was he wearing pink?

Clay-court specialist in the house! Was he wearing pink?

Nope, withe/blue I guess! Kind of blue! ;)

Tomorrow he plays against Tommy, 2nd starting at 11AM, local. :)

Bad start for Fer VS Tommy, down 3-1. Come on. :rocker:

1-4down!Come Nando!!!!!

He's only down 4-5 now. But has to hold serve. :rocker:

6-4. :mad: He came back in the first set though. Win the next two Nando. :rocker:

Nando has too much UE in this match!!

Nando is a hot mess. :help:

4-6 3-6......
Actually I am a little bit disappointed.I just hope he can find some confindence in this tourment.

bite me

just thought id tell you how much of an idiot nando is
Have fun supporting bridesmaid Murray. :wavey:

okay people....

he played, he lost, be sad, be whatever but get over it....

and Dani....tone it down....don't come in here to tell you lost vcash....:rolleyes: go complain in GL or GM...... thank you

Ok,sorry. I am a little bit angry.

Nando's next tourment is Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington. Hope he can recover from these sad loses! He really need do good in Hard court in this Fall.

No excuses anymore. Time to wake up this has gone on long enough. :mad:

Clay season totally end with him.. This is good enough on clay season right nando :) .. Good luck on hard court , and when you rise or fall i will just support you always :)!

There have been no information from Nando for quite a few days.What's he doing now?

There have been no information from Nando for quite a few days.What's he doing now?
If he's out of Gstaad, then I'm guessing his next event will be Washington on July 31st.

Let's get Washington talk started. :banana:

vamos Fer, kick ass! :rocker2:

Vamoos!

VAMOOOSSS!! Fer plays at 5pm local today against Berrer. Let the fun begin! :dance:

*Edit* Apparently no Livestreams or TV airing until Thursday! :awww: Haven't checked yet though.

Fernando lost the first set against Berrer 4-6 and double faulted on set point and he's down 0-2 :sad: :awww:

According to his Tweets,he went to a concert yesterday and went to sleep in the midnight. So I am not surprised by today's result.

Someone who is there (I can't believe a 250 tournament like LA happily streams unseeded doubles matches but we can't even get a stream for the #3 seed at a 500 tournament :o) said that his serve isn't very working well and he was badly mishitting some shots. Hope everything is okay for Toronto and Cincy :hug:

win at last!Tough match! Nando had 10 DF!
He really need to concentrate on tennis.

:worship:

I have NO idea how he managed to win that but good that he did. He twisted his ankle during the tiebreak so I hope it's okay for his next match. He plays Ryan Sweeting in the third round.

According to his Tweets,he went to a concert yesterday and went to sleep in the midnight. So I am not surprised by today's result.
Nando. :smash:

Oddly enough, it was the same concert he'd already gone to a couple weeks ago when he was in LA, no idea why decided to go again, the night before his opening match :shrug:

Great win - good way to get back into the swing of matches again!

Oddly enough, it was the same concert he'd already gone to a couple weeks ago when he was in LA, no idea why decided to go again, the night before his opening match :shrug:
hmm because he likes the music, because Alejandro is a good friend? I don't see why he shouldnt go...even if he has to play the day after..... you don't have to waste a lot of energy at concerts if you don't want to... :shrug: you can just listen and enjoy :confused:

I seriously doubt the concert was the reason he wasn't playing that well.... :o

hmm because he likes the music, because Alejandro is a good friend? I don't see why he shouldnt go...even if he has to play the day after..... you don't have to waste a lot of energy at concerts if you don't want to... :shrug: you can just listen and enjoy :confused:

I seriously doubt the concert was the reason he wasn't playing that well.... :o

:yeah: :yeah: I can only agree!!

Surely he doesn´t have the chance to see his friend that often and when he is in the same city to visit the concert, I can really understand that he wanted to go :)

Still, it was Fers first match on hardcourt since a longer time, so I am very sure once he got adjusted to it again, we will see much better matches of him again ;)

Atleast he won, I was a lil bit worry , I hate American time :|

hmm because he likes the music, because Alejandro is a good friend? I don't see why he shouldnt go...even if he has to play the day after..... you don't have to waste a lot of energy at concerts if you don't want to... :shrug: you can just listen and enjoy :confused:

I seriously doubt the concert was the reason he wasn't playing that well.... :o
I too doubt it but during the last few months, he's been partying, attending events all over the world, focussing on seemingly everything except tennis. :( As soon as he lost at Wimbledon he was on a boat with Feli and a couple of hookers.

Maybe I'm being too hard on him, but that's 'cause I love him and expect a lot of him. :)

I too doubt it but during the last few months, he's been partying, attending events all over the world, focussing on seemingly everything except tennis. :( As soon as he lost at Wimbledon he was on a boat with Feli and a couple of hookers.

Maybe I'm being too hard on him, but that's 'cause I love him and expect a lot of him. :)I think you're taking this way too serious :lol: Come on!! His life, his rules.....unless he's paying you to be tough on him...which he's not...

He's allowed to have a holiday isn't he? Most players take a holiday after wimbledon :lol: my God....:lol: Also, I don't like the fact you call the girls on the boat hookers...you don't know if they are :rolleyes: and even if they were, it's not of our fucking business what Fer doesn in his spare time and on /off the tennis court. He 's a big boy, he knows what's best for him and Im sure he'll make mistakes along the way...and hopefully he'll learn from them. There's more to life than tennis, even for a tennis pro.....

So all we can do is cheer him on when he's playing...win or lose..... and if it's too hard to handle his losses or seeing he's enjoying life to the fullest, maybe you need a new hobby ;)

I think you're taking this way too serious :lol: Come on!! His life, his rules.....unless he's paying you to be tough on him...which he's not...

He's allowed to have a holiday isn't he? Most players take a holiday after wimbledon :lol: my God....:lol: Also, I don't like the fact you call the girls on the boat hookers...you don't know if they are :rolleyes: and even if they were, it's not of our fucking business what Fer doesn in his spare time and on /off the tennis court. He 's a big boy, he knows what's best for him and Im sure he'll make mistakes along the way...and hopefully he'll learn from them. There's more to life than tennis, even for a tennis pro.....

So all we can do is cheer him on when he's playing...win or lose..... and if it's too hard to handle his losses or seeing he's enjoying life to the fullest, maybe you need a new hobby ;)
I think you're overreacting. I think we're allowed to show concern for what he's doing off-court. It doesn't mean we're violating his business. Around most fanbases (at least what I've seen on WTA forum especially) showing concern for any apparent slacking off is something I'm very much used to seeing (and I'm not saying he has been I'm just saying it's been LOOKING that way).

It's only here where it's somehow seen a violation of his privacy. Showing disappointment towards losses is also something I'm very much used to everywhere else that is discouraged here.

Verdasco's my favourite player and always will be until he retires. I had faith he'd win a title last year eventually, and also that he'd start beating more top 10 players eventually and he proved me right. So I'm sure everything will be fine.

I think you're overreacting. I think we're allowed to show concern for what he's doing off-court. It doesn't mean we're violating his business. Around most fanbases (at least what I've seen on WTA forum especially) showing concern for any apparent slacking off is something I'm very much used to seeing (and I'm not saying he has been I'm just saying it's been LOOKING that way).

It's only here where it's somehow seen a violation of his privacy. Showing disappointment towards losses is also something I'm very much used to everywhere else that is discouraged here.

Verdasco's my favourite player and always will be until he retires. I had faith he'd win a title last year eventually, and also that he'd start beating more top 10 players eventually and he proved me right. So I'm sure everything will be fine.I m not overreacting :lol:

I just don't see that we should be concerned about him going on holiday or going to concerts or parties... it would be such a waste of our energy coz Fernando does what Fernando wants to do :shrug: I didnt say you were violating his privacy either..... but yeah, it IS non of our business what he does.... unless he makes it our business by paying us for our advice.

It just gets on my nerves that everytime the guy does something off court, like actually LIVING his life like any normal guy his age, that he gets to cop a lot of negative responses in here. Life's not about tennis alone.....

and of course feel free to be upset when he loses, I don't like it either, but nothing we can do about it. Fer has to find a way to fix it so that next time he does win that match. I am upset as well when he loses, but Im not going to look for excuses in his personal life :shrug: or anywhere else. If he loses, be disappointed and move on.

but whatever, you believe what you want and so will I. Be negative or positive all you want.... Im not even bothering anymore. This forum used to be one of the most fun and relaxed parts of MTF.... how times have changed...

I like the fact that he's human and lives his life to the fullest. Not everyone on this world gets that opportunity, so Im happy for him. :shrug: and if he happens to win some prizes along the way, well that would be fantastic :)

oh...the WTA forum is nothing like MTF..which is something a lot of posters from the WTA forum do not seem to understand :o

So, who's next? Ryan Sweeting...hmm.... let's hope he's in better form than the previous match and that his ankle is not giving him troubles! :unsure:

vamos Fer!!! :bounce:

Being negative is not my intention. :rolleyes:

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I have no doubt that his downturn in results the past few months and his increase in off-court partying is no coincidence.

Sorry for being realistic Jeez...

Vamos indeed. :bounce:

Vamos Fer :bounce: :bounce:

Really hope there will be a live stream for his match tomorrow :worship: And even more :worship: that the match will be at a decent European time ;)

Sweeting has had a great run - let's hope Fer stops him in his tracks! Fer squeaked the last one so I think he'll be a lot sharper today.

Oooh Luckly My Tv lives tom match .. Hmm but i have school at 6 15 and the match might start at 4 30 hope i can catch match!

Interesting discussion on Fer's 'partying' lifestyle. The players don't live like monks on the tour. And having been to the Monte Carlo tournament a few times, and stayed in the players hotel, I know most of them aren't tucked up at 10 pm ;) I saw a few of them going OUT at midnight, and they had matches the next day which didn't seem to bother them.

Oooh Luckly My Tv lives tom match .. Hmm but i have school at 6 15 and the match might start at 4 30 hope i can catch match!

Sky are showing Mardy Fish and then Isner's matches - urgh!

Vamos Fer!!

Down a break already. :unsure:

Vamos, he won! :bounce: Looks like the fall in R2 wasn't too big a problem.

Lots of his service games were getting pushed to 40-30 and deuce and he got broken a couple times :scared:

Hope he can work on that some more before the Masters, he has a chance to pick up lots of points in Cincy especially, but he needs start playing a lot better.

He is good enough at least he won.. I could not see the match :(( I was checking livescore all time he got break frist i was worry.. Stupid i woke up at 5 and waited waited then i had to go hmmm glad he won and i can catch him tom weekend!

I guess Fer is still finding his feet on hard courts. A win is a win - and the more matches he plays, the more he'll improve - hopefully!

what a great loss...that's dissapointing :( ...he's not in a good shape mentally

which is the next tournament ?

If anyone tweets - tweet Fer some positivity. Safina and Querry both quit twitter because of abuse, so outweigh any with positivity! He's such a nice guy on there that I've lost all objectivity and don't care how he plays. His sched is now Toronto, Cincy and US Open. Not defending New Haven.

which is the next tournament ?

Toronto and Cincinnati Masters, then US Open

Not sure what to expect for the rest of the HC season. His form just seems to have disappeared. :(

If anyone tweets - tweet Fer some positivity. Safina and Querry both quit twitter because of abuse, so outweigh any with positivity! He's such a nice guy on there that I've lost all objectivity and don't care how he plays. His sched is now Toronto, Cincy and US Open. Not defending New Haven.
:help:

he's not in a good shape mentally

It's so puzzling considering he seems to be thriving on confidence from the tone of his tweets, he always seems excited because of being able to read the support from fans. I guess it's not a lack of confidence, and I don't think fitness, considering he spent two weeks in Vegas working on that.

Who knows, but I hope he can get his game back together quickly :shrug:

Interesting discussion on Fer's 'partying' lifestyle. The players don't live like monks on the tour. And having been to the Monte Carlo tournament a few times, and stayed in the players hotel, I know most of them aren't tucked up at 10 pm ;) I saw a few of them going OUT at midnight, and they had matches the next day which didn't seem to bother them.

Sure, SOME of the players do, but Fer is better than that! He is actually a pretty decent player with a lot of potential. But the thing is that all the partying is ruining it for him. It's about priorities. He should prioritize the tennis first, the partying should be second. And also, I don't mind him partying in itself, BUT it's unnecessary to party the night before a match! I have no doubt players party a lot, but then again, most players do not have the talent that Fer has, and therefore don't have much to lose, unlike Fer. He actually has a very good ranking to defend, and I hate to see him fail just because he parties too much. He's been in this game too long, he's been a tennis player for a long time. He should know better.

Being negative is not my intention. :rolleyes:

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I have no doubt that his downturn in results the past few months and his increase in off-court partying is no coincidence.

Sorry for being realistic Jeez...

I don't mind you saying that. I am always critical to all my fave tennis players. Sure, I am a fan, but that doesn't necessarily mean I have to agree to EVERYTHING they do or say. Being a fan and watching Fer destroy his ranking because of partying is frustrating when we KNOW he has the potential to reach far. Just look at the clay season. Do you get what I mean? I think I'm allowed to be a fan but still critize him if he does something that I think is stupid. But I will forever cheer him. Because I like him. So yeah, but sometimes I will be frustrated and speak my mind. Hope that is ok..

If anyone tweets - tweet Fer some positivity. Safina and Querry both quit twitter because of abuse, so outweigh any with positivity! He's such a nice guy on there that I've lost all objectivity and don't care how he plays. His sched is now Toronto, Cincy and US Open. Not defending New Haven.

Auch. I blame that idiot dylan.

I always tweet him only positive messages. Never anything negative. Even when he loses I always say betetr luck in the next tourney etc. I mean, it's fine to be annoyed when he loses, but the players are people too. They can get hurt from what we say, so we have to be careful. It's better to take out my frustration here instead, and not attack him on Twitter for losing. I'm sure he did his best, even though it wasn't his best day. Besides, Bahgdatis is a very good player. It's not embarrassing to lose to him.

Toronto and Cincinnati Masters, then US Open

Thanks for the update! I'm looking forward to Toronto :D

Oh, and one more thing.. I just saw Fer's latest tweets. Is he now having something going on with Eva Longoria? But I thought she had a boyfriend? Or? I'm confused, because he also was with Shakira not too long ago. Fer is such a womanizer.. :bolt:

Oh, and one more thing.. I just saw Fer's latest tweets. Is he now having something going on with Eva Longoria? But I thought she had a boyfriend? Or? I'm confused, becaove use he also was with Shakira not too long ago. Fer is such a womanizer.. :bolt:

Eva Longoria is married to basketball player Tony Parker...so I highly doubt it

Eva Longoria is married to basketball player Tony Parker...so I highly doubt it

Thanks, I guess they are just friends then.. It sounded like something more from Eva's tweet though, saying stuff like 'baby' to Fer, but you are probably right that they are just friends.

Actually, Sokk, based on ranking, Fer isn't better than some of those players I saw. Top 10 players. Heard the same thing from a friend who stayed in the players hotel in Cinncy. I thnk Fer is better off quitting Twitter anyway. Keep his private life and thoughts to himself, and then he can avoid criticism. Plus, spending too much time on the computer has to be bad for him ;)

I don't think it's his so-called partying lifestyle, a lack of confidence or lack of fitness - he played too much on clay, paid for it with injury and losing at Wimbledon, and now lacks match practice. It's not a crisis - yet.

I have to say that from the latest losses this one was not even close from the previous ones, I didn't think it was so bad. Only yesterday I could finally watch it. Scoreboard/Livestreams don't say much! My thoughts: He is definitely stronger, his FH is powerful, and foot work is good too, even with him bigger. Off court he is pretty happy judging by his tweets. By Nice/RG there was a rough time off court that was kind affecting his on court performance. It was tough, but he finally seemes to have managed it and found on twiter a way to have fun, I guess. He got a WC for Washington, I think it was good for rythm, but maybe he wasn't really focused on win this, points there wouldn't change much, he just needed to finish ahead Roddick. It happened. Therefore, I think it was for the best. I rather see him losing there, getting frustrated and angry than in one of the Masters. I'm still positive about next week. The only thing that really bothers me it's his serve, at the match once his 1st serve hit the net or goes out, 2nd serve doesn't exist and it's DF. He loses the confidence on his serve right away. Happened a lot yesterday, then frustration and all that comes along. Let's see. Sure PapaVerdasco will work that out, he was already doing it in DC. VAMOS!!!!