article_snippet: No 34 Fernando Verdasco.
article_snippet: Fernando Verdasco rarely looked threatened by Nadal, whose season has hit a new low after the defeat .
article_snippet: Rafael Nadal has a lot of thinking to do following the defeat to 31 year-old left-hander Verdasco, who had only beaten Fernando Verdasco once in fourteen previous meetings.
article_snippet: Only when the challenger seemed to get flustered after missing an early break in the second set was the French Open champion able to assert Fernando Verdasco normal superiority.
article_snippet: World No 1 was troubled with wrist, back problems and appendicitis that caused Fernando Verdasco to miss much of last season
article_snippet: But Fernando Verdasco has played a full schedule in 2015, in which Fernando Verdasco has only reached one final, winning the relatively low-key ATP clay event last month in Buenos Aires.
article_snippet: The question is whether the constant strains on Fernando Verdasco body are finally catching up with Fernando Verdasco at 28, although Fernando Verdasco has stuttered before at this time of year before coming storming back on the European clay, where has been undisputed king for 10 years.
article_snippet: Once Fernando Verdasco had reeled in the second set the expectation was that Verdasco might fade, but after a long toilet break Fernando Verdasco reasserted Fernando Verdasco and found that Nadal’s was in generous mood.
article_snippet: Nadal’s struggled to generate Fernando Verdasco best shots from Fernando Verdasco traditionally formidable forehand .
article_snippet: Nadal’s was unable to exploit any potential nerves that could have been felt by Verdasco .
article_snippet: Fernando Verdasco feared forehand was particularly awry, and whole movement less assured than usual, never able to take advantage of Fernando Verdasco opponent’s potential nerves.
article_snippet: Nadal’s maintained afterwards that Fernando Verdasco was unconcerned about Fernando Verdasco body, and that his body was more an issue of Fernando Verdasco confidence being low: 'The physical problems are past.
article_snippet: I'm playing weeks in a row, it is not an excuse,' Fernando Verdasco said. '