Feliciano Lopez U.S.

Posted by Zeeshan on September 8, 2010

The Spaniard Feliciano Lopez Advanced to the fourth round of U.S. Open by Sergiy Stakhovsky retired in the second set because of a right toe infection.The 23rd seeded Lopez led 6-3, 4-0 Sunday at Stakhovsky retirement. Lopez reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2008 Wimbledon.Stakhovsky said the foot began bothering him during his doubles match Saturday. It was always worse at night so that he could hardly walk, even on Sunday.

Both players went five sets in the second round. Stakhovsky Ukraine, ranked 36th, saved three match points in the tie-break in the fifth game against the young American Ryan Harrison.But Nadal, who has spent most of the last five years as one of the best players in the world, never has the final here, either because of knee pain, were robbed of their mobility, strained abdominal muscles or limiting its flexibility in the last year, or just an inability to respond quickly reached Courts here.

“Without health, it is impossible to have a chance to win,” Nadal said after the brief match.But in his first four games this year, nothing has slowed him, including his opponent, the n do not have a number of him.The next attempt will be another Spaniard Fernando Verdasco No. 8, reverse a bad trend to be to win is accepted. In 10 previous games, never beat Verdasco in the evening Nadal.Earlier Verdasco came back from two sets to beat No. 10 David Ferrer of Spain, but also in the Louis Armstrong Stadium. The game, which lasted 4:23, had a match point Verdasco incredible sprint from base to net and hit a forehand into the position for a winner.