Like a 12 seed upsetting a 5 in the NCAA basketball tournament, a low men’s seed making a run deep into the second week of the Australian Open is a sports phenomenon that seems to happen every year.

Fifth seed Rafael Nadal lost 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 2-6 to Fernando Verdasco in the first round of Australian Open ...

Coming off a win over Rafael Nadal in Madrid last week, Fernando Verdasco eased into the second round of the Italian Open on Monday when Alexandr Dolgopolov retired with a stomach ache. After the 16th ...

Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco set up an all-Spanish semi-final at the Ecuador Open, with contrasting quarter-final wins. Top seed Lopez endured an almighty challenge from seventh seed Dusan ...

MELBOURNE, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- World No.1-ranked tennis player Rafael Nadal defeated fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco Friday in a marathon match at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The televised tennis ...

new video loaded: Nadal Loses to Verdasco in First Round transcript 7-6, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 RAFAEL NADAL FERNANDO VERDASCO Seven years after defeating Fernando Verdasco in the 2009 Australian Open, ...

MELBOURNE -- Two days ago, Rafael Nadal told the media in Melbourne that he had an unlucky draw. That was clearly understating it. With momentum shifting in seemingly every game of their 4-hour, ...

Two-time major winner Stan Wawrinka said Fernando Verdasco will be a tough third-round opponent at Wimbledon on Friday. The French Open champion has eased into the last 32 at the All England Club via ...

Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco gave Spain a 2-0 lead over Ukraine in their Davis Cup World Group playoff. Nadal overwhelmed Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-0, 6-0, 6-4 to secure the second point on the ...