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"I was not playing great in the first set, but I wasn't missing," Verdasco said. "We were both up and down and when it came to end of the match I tried to push harder, make good returns and send the ball deep. I hit two good forehands and he...
"I've been getting treatment for it and that's all I can do," Verdasco said. "Since the first moment I played here it's feeling pretty good and even moreso now."
"Always winning a tournament gives you confidence, even more against a player like Roddick," Verdasco said. "But now we are on clay, a really different kind of tournament. The circumstances, the feeling are very different."
"He's going to be a good player," Verdasco said about the former top-ranked junior player. "He has a good serve and he's young."
"The match helped me for sure," said Verdasco, who had just arrived in Northern California earlier Monday.
"With just one day in between matches and in different conditions and not being able to practice on the stadium court before the match, it was difficult," Verdasco said. "And it was difficult for me to get the timing.
"I served much better in the second and third set than in the first set," Verdasco said. "I also was more aggressive. I started to push him a little bit more and tried to play inside the court and move toward the net."
"I know that against the top-10 guys there are always tough matches," Verdasco said. "Last year in a lot of them I was really close and I won finally. I was a little bit unlucky in London against Federer, Del Potro and Murray. Those were...
"I know that against the top-10 guys there are always tough matches," Verdasco said. "Last year in a lot of them I was really close and I won finally. I was a little bit unlucky in London against Federer, Del Potro and Murray.
"I started playing well but he started playing unbelievable," Verdasco said. "He wasn't missing any balls. But I was able to break him at 5-4 in the first with a tough game and I got some confidence from that and maybe he lost some...
