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Verdasco saves match point

Associated Press

Thursday, July 16, 2009

BASTAD, Sweden -- Top-seeded Fernando Verdasco reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open, saving a match point late in the third set before beating Daniel Koellerer 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-5. Fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria, No. 5 Nicolas Almagro of Spain and unseeded Andreas Vinciguerra of Sweden also reached the last eight on Thursday in the 62nd edition of the clay-court tournament. Leading 5-4, Koellerer reached match point when the Spaniard hit a forehand wide. But the unseeded Austria ...

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