2010 U.S. Open Fourth Round Result: Fernando Verdasco Brings The Fireworks

Nobody was paying much attention to the fourth-round U.S. Open match between 8th-seeded Fernando Verdasco and 10th-seeded David Ferrer tonight. The match dragged to nearly four and a half hours, and ESPN (justifiably) spent most of it tuned to Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters. The moments we were treated to, however, were utter treasures.

Verdasco is the man of the evening on Day 9, coming back from a two-set deficit to win 5-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), with two shots sure to make tournament highlight reels. Just to ratchet up the drama, both came on tiebreaker points. In the second set, he hit a ridiculous "frozen rope" forehand before dropping the set to Ferrer. The final shot of the night made up for earlier misfortunes, however, as Verdasco bolted to the net to return a drop shot behind Ferrer for match point.

Verdasco faces the winner of Nadal-Lopez in the quarterfinals.

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