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The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open , and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009.
The 2009 men's singles edition is considered to be one of the best Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era. [3] It is remembered for containing many of the best matches of the 2009 season, [4] including the Nadal–Fernando Verdasco semifinal (lasting 5 hours and 14 minutes [5]) and the final. [4] It was also the first hard court major in which ...
At the 2009 Australian Open Verdasco defeated Andy Murray in the fourth round to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, [13] where he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Verdasco then lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in what was at the time the longest match in Australian Open history, lasting 5 hours, 14 minutes. [14]
The 2009 Australian Open Men's singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's singles tournament at the 2009 Australian Open.It was contested between the world's top two players for much of the previous four years, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, then ranked first and second in the world respectively.
Ram partnered with Max Mirnyi, but lost to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in the second round. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles .
FILE - Fernando Verdasco of Spain returns a ball to Alex Molcan of Slovakia during their tennis match at the Belgrade Open tennis tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, May 27, 2021.
At the 2009 Australian Open, Nadal won his first five matches without dropping a set, before defeating compatriot Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals in the second longest match in Australian Open history at 5 hours and 14 minutes. [6]
To date, Verdasco has won seven ATP singles titles, with his biggest title coming at the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. [2] Other highlights of Verdasco's career include reaching the final of the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (defeating Novak Djokovic along the way); [3] the semi-finals of the 2009 Australian Open (defeating then World No. 4 Andy Murray in the fourth round [4] before ...