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One for the record books

By Ravi Ubha
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, January 30, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Rafael Nadal barely avoided a hat trick at the Australian Open. You can bet he -- and tennis fans -- didn't mind one bit. The previous two years, Nadal's Australian Open ended courtesy of the eventual and unlikely finalist, explosive Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and fiery Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. Fernando Verdasco came up just short Friday -- make that early Saturday morning -- as his pal and Davis Cup teammate prevailed 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (1), 6-4 in 5 hours a ...

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