Lawn Tennis: 7-4 Verdasco great value to upset mate; HAMBURG MASTERS 10am, Sky Sports Xtra.(Sports)

From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: May 15, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Adrian Humphries.

FERNANDO VERDASCO looks great value to win his all-Spanish clash with David Ferrer in Hamburg today and reach the quarter-finals of the last claycourt Masters Series tournament before the French Open, writes Adrian Humphries.

Ferrer is the better player - his higher ranking tells us that - but he has already achieved many of his ambitions in this European red-dirt campaign.

The Javean was over the moon to win a first Valen...

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