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.

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Viktor Troicki of Serbia won in straights sets Tuesday as they advanced to the second round of the Swedish Open. Verdasco, who pushed eventual Wimbledon champion Andy ...