After about 4.5 hours, there was 7-6 (6), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 on the scoreboard in favor of the underdog. In the deciding set gave Nadal a 2-0 lead off your hands.
The fifth-seeded Nadal served for the whole match even and never came into his rhythm because the 33-year-old Verdasco tried to keep the rallies short. That gave the veteran a lot of unnecessary mistakes, but also many winners on.
With his 87th winner Verdasco ended the game.
The Spanish-together was a repeat of the legendary half final of 2009, when Nadal in five sets at the longest end drew and doorstootte to the final profit.
Nadal lost only once before in the opening round of a Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon 2013. At the Australian Open took the former number one of the world until Tuesday always be at least the third round.
In the second round occurs Verdasco Thursday in the arena with the Israeli Dudi Sela.
Murray
Andy Murray reached the second round indeed. The second-seeded Scot gave the 18-year-old German Alexander Zverev not stand a chance:. 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3
Murray dominated on all fronts and saved his best points for the thrifty moments when Zverev got a chance to get into the game
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The Scot was in Melbourne four times in the final, but did it not win.
In the second round duel Murray with Australian Sam Groth, the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino defeated in four sets.
Milos Raonic and John Isner also reached the second round. The thirteenth scaled Canadian Raonic won simply by Frenchman Lucas Pouille (6-1, 6-4 and 6-4), while the tenth placed American Isner turned off the Pole Jerzy Janowicz 6-3, 7-6 (7) and 6-3.
Halep
In the women’s tournament, the curtain fell very surprising for Simona Halep. The second-seeded Romanian had to acknowledge the superiority of the Chinese Shuai Zhang:. 4-6 and 3-6
Zhang, the number 133 in the world, preferably hit 31 winners, more than twenty Halep. The Chinese had until Tuesday never won a match at a Grand Slam tournament. Halep stranded in the past two years in the quarter-finals in Melbourne.
Even though Venus Williams was eliminated in the opening round. The number eight of the ranking list was beaten by the British Johanna Konta 4-6 and 2-6
The 35-year-old Williams paid the price against the number 47 in the world for most. Twenty unnecessary mistakes
It’s only the third time that the elder of the Williams sisters stranded in the first round in Melbourne.; rather befell her in 2006 and 2014. Last year, the US was still in the quarter-finals.
Ivanovic
Garbine Muguruza, the number three in the ranking list, did not surprise him. The Spanish made short work of Anett Kontaveit from Estonia:. 6-0 and 6-4
Ana Ivanovic also got through to the second round. The losing finalist in 2008 did away with the Australian Tammi Patterson. 6-2 and 6-3
Angelique Kerber penetrated much trouble until the second round. The number seven in the world was against Misaki Doi of Japan even a match point against, but still won 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-3.
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