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Various Videos on Verdasco's Victory over Nadal in Miami

The two Spaniards tangled again at the Miami Open.

ByEd McGrogan

Published Mar 30, 2015

After losing his first 13 matches against Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco is now on a two-match winning streak against his fellow lefty countryman. The Spaniards hadn't played each other since 2012, when, on the hallowed blue clay of the Madrid Open, Verdasco beat Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

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Today's match in Miami was another three-setter, but this time Verdasco had to serve it out, after already having failed to convert a match point. But Verdasco did his best to try and win with a break once again—watch this point, with Nadal serving at 2-5 in the third:

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Nadal would hold serve and put the pressure on Verdasco. But it was Verdasco who applied the pressure in the match's final game, keeping Nadal behind the baseline and largely dictating play, as he did for large portions of the match.

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In the end, it was 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to Verdasco, who will play Juan Monaco or Guillermo Garcia-Lopez for a spot in the quarterfinals.

And we just couldn't end a Nadal-Verdasco video montage without included their marathon classic (it lasted nearly six hours) from the 2009 Australian Open semifinals:

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