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    New Haven ATP (USA) - Hard Court, Round of 16. Best of 3 sets.match stats    
Fernando Verdasco
(1)Fernando Verdasco(ESP)
 		   DEFEATED    Ivo Minar(CZE)
6-3 6-1

On Court Aug 20 2008 20:00 GMT

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Spain
Nov 15 1983
6'2'' / Left Handed
281-189 (46-27)
3 (1)
16 (HI of 11 on Jul 21 2008)
15 (Last Year's Race: 26)
2.44
0.74
2.49 (HI of 2.91 on Aug 29 2005)
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Czech Republic
May 21 1984
6'1'' / Right Handed
213-162 (43-32)
4 (1)
93 (HI of 64 on May 19 2008)
84 (Last Year's Race: 175)
1.95
0.67
1.84 (HI of 2.13 on Jan 10 2005)
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  Head to Head Matches   Series tied 1-1
Aug 18 2008New Haven ATP (USA)
Hard Court, R16		(1)Verdasco(13,2.44) d
I Minar(82,1.95)		6-3 6-1 Recap
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Jan 10 2005Sydney ATP (AUS)
Hard Court, R16		(q)I Minar(158,1.46) d
Verdasco(36,1.60)		6-1 6-2 Recap
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Fernando Verdasco: 13 tips ($540 staked)
Ivo Minar: 7 tips ($125 staked)
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 Aug 20 2008 19:24:08 
hibzo33
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Login to give Aces		 Verdasco wont blow Minar away. Verdasco is still largely overrated in my opinion. I will try with a small stake on Minar
 Aug 20 2008 19:23:29 
tgrsfn5
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 Aug 20 2008 19:08:54 
sonnychevez
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Login to give Aces		 Verdasco is your typical inconsistant tour player,and although a far better player than Minar,he will not want to put too much effort in with the US Open looming.Minar's your typical grafter,without too much skill or weapons,but against Fernando he may be able to just stay involved until Verdasco starts missing and feels he doesn't want to stay around any more.Small stakes but this may be an upset.
 Aug 20 2008 18:35:47 
y2w902
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Login to give Aces		 Gone for Verdasco here in a multi with Karlovic and Dunfermline.
 Aug 20 2008 17:06:02 
bill2.0
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 Aug 20 2008 16:54:36 
buzz_1
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Login to give Aces		 minar has played well on hard but I believe verdasco will not have another let down like last time with serra. He has played to well this year.
 Aug 20 2008 15:40:01 
johnnyjohnnywu
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Login to give Aces		 I like Minar as a small bet here. Actually, Ivo has done quite well playing in the US this year. The last hard court tourney at Miami, he certainly gave Roddick quite a run. Minar also beat Schwank this week, so I he certainly has a chance.
 Aug 20 2008 13:43:29 
Punisher19
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 Aug 20 2008 13:33:59 
scooby99
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 Aug 20 2008 13:33:49 
thesparrow
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 Aug 20 2008 12:59:08 
catscratch666
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Login to give Aces		 You reckon it's the Italians doing all the under-the-table gimmicks...I wonder about these Spanish. Verdasco better not let me down. Simply is 50% better player than Minar and has match prac already.
 Aug 20 2008 11:27:17 
ryan gwyer
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 Aug 20 2008 10:59:12 
supersi (Mod) 
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Login to give Aces		 Verdasco is simply a superior player. He has a chance to go far in every tournament and i feel this is good preparation for his assault at the uso
 Aug 20 2008 10:44:39 
dyapaz
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 Aug 20 2008 10:31:44 
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 Aug 20 2008 10:12:26 
My dice lies
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Login to give Aces		 Fernando Verdasco is in a amazing shape and form. No doubts. I am impressed , indeed. If it depends on better coaching, a nice girl friend, yoga... I don't know. But I am getting more and more scared that his nrj is soon gone (temporary!) for this brilliant period on the court. Sooner or later he will run his head against the brick stone wall. I don't think the little choker inside him is quite dead yet - I hope I'm wrong! :-)
I don't know where I can place Ivo Minar either. No, I don't want to do any prediction of this match. I'll wait to the 2nd set before I make a decision.

 Aug 20 2008 09:13:09 
nadalin
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Login to give Aces		 let it pass the first round to see how seriously was Verdasco taking this tournament. I´ve read he played o.k against Sela but Minar has achieved two nice wins against Schwank and Mahut so i give him more options than bookies. Verdasco uses to choke when fav. so this time i´ll go with Minar at surprising odds @3,55
 Aug 20 2008 08:30:41 
d.carson (Champion) 
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Login to give Aces		 Verdasco will blow Minar away in this one in my opinion. The Spaniard was consistent against Sela and will be looking at a good run here to boost confidence heading into the big one next week. Minar did me a favour in turning over Schwank but Verdasco is a diferent quality.
 Aug 20 2008 08:21:18 
age007
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Login to give Aces		 verdasco in a romp. ignore h2h. verdasco in the form of his life, 3 yrs ago not so.
 Aug 20 2008 08:11:31 
jussikas
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 Aug 19 2008 23:20:17 
thedestroyer9 (Mod) 
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Login to give Aces		 Verdasco looked an easy winner on paper over Sela but twice in the second set failed to go on with a break lead which is evidence of his tag of being a patchy front-runner. The Spaniard, despite that and 6 double faults, served 77% of first balls in and won 67% of those points as he broke the Israelian on 4 occasions to get the verdict. Ivo Minar and Schwank held sway on serve up until 5-5 in the first set when the Czech broke, won 4 consecutive games to gain the break lead early in the second and despite letting it slip was able to regain the immediate break-back which is always a good indication a player is switched on. He lost just 14 points in 10 service games which probably says more for the returning and groundstroke game of the Argentinian than it does for Minar's serve, but he is confident and did belt the top seed back in 2005 on this surface though Minar has always started seasons well and faded off. He adopts much the same style of play as Verdasco with an attacking outlook from the baseline, but Verdasco has a little more sting and an ability to hit the big winners and when his serve is on-song it is more than capable of earning loads of cheap points especially against "tee-off" returners such as the Czech. He has a fair record at this event and will sense the importance of this event not only in the build-up to next week's US Open but also with the potential of creeping ever so close to the top 10.
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