The Balearic player has a balance of 0-3 in New York against players located in the top 10 ranking
Rafa Nadal faces Fernando Verdasco before the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open with a challenge that has not yet been able to overcome. The tennis player from Manacor has never beat a top ten player in the U.S. Open.
The world number one needs to go up a step at its worst Grande to complete the coveted Grand Slam. For this reason the Spanish has to overcome the barrier to win a Top Ten to confirm his candidacy for the U.S. Open. The match against Verdasco can be a before and after the path of a Rafa Nadal needed victory at Flushing Meadows to climb to the top of the podium of tennis.
In his seven appearances in New York the Spaniard always fell against rivals located in the Olympus of the circuit. In 2004, when Nadal was just a child, saw them with Roddick, world number two At that time, and ended up losing in three sets (0-6, 3-6, 4-6).
Murray Del Potro
In 2008 he was Andy Murray, number 6 in the ATP, who withdrew from the finals to Rafa in four sets (2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 4-6). Last year launched the Spanish came in search of title, eliminated two Top 20, but the Argentine Del Potro, No. 6 ranking and eventually be proclaimed champion, ended the hopes of Nadal with a nearly perfect match (2 -6, 2-6, 2-6).
If Nadal is able to defeat Fernando Verdasco and eighth player in the world, break a mental barrier that you can finish catapulting the Spanish towards the hegemony of a new surface. Throw all that shaking.