And let the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, seeded second round of the Madrid International Tennis Championships, the fourth sessions of the thousand points for the Masters prize money of $ 3,090,150 million euros, from the third round (final price) after losing to compatriot Fernando Verdasco 3-6, XV, 7-5, 3-6.
The first loss of the season on clay for Nadal, champion in 2005 and 2010 and runner latest version.
The first loss of the season on clay for Nadal, champion in 2005 and 2010 and runner latest version.
And achieved a Nadal consecutive 11 wins on clay this year, winning titles in Monte Carlo for the eighth time in a row, and Barcelona for the seventh time without losing any group before losing two sets and the match today.
And stopped winning streak to Nadal on clay at 22, particularly since he fell in front of the Serbian Novak Djokovic in the final of the Rome last year.
Which is also the first time this season that the Spaniard fails to at least reach the quarter-finals in a session of the players' association.
A third loss to Nadal this season after falling to Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open, the first grand slam, and France's Gael Monfils in the semi-final of the Dubai, knowing that he withdrew before the match in the semi-final of the Miami against British Andy Murray due to injury.
Nadal and has an impressive record on clay, since 2005, has 215 wins against 9 defeats, he has not filed one of the early sessions on clay, except losing to Sweden's Robin Soderling in the price of the French Open final on the courts of Roland Garros in 2009.
On the other hand, Verdasco revenge for the humiliating defeat to Nadal in the semi-final of the Barcelona last Saturday, scoring their first win on the "Matador" on 14 confrontation between them collected so far, note that Verdasco did not gain any previously set to Nadal.
And meets Verdasco in the quarter-final with Czech Tomas Berdych, who beat sixth and easily on the French Gael Monfils 6-1, XII, 6-1.
Dolgopolov excludes Tsonga
It also came out the other French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, seeded fourth after being overthrown by the Ukrainian Alexander Dolgopolov ranked sixteenth two sets to one set and 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), and Tsonga disappointed me again in a row, after losing his first match in cycle in front of Munich, Germany, the German veteran Tommy Haas (34 years) last week on clay, which it did not achieve any title, a failure so far to go beyond the third round (final price) at the Madrid.
Dolgopolov will meet in the quarter-final with Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, who beat the tenth and the Croatian Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-4.
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