Madrid Masters Series 1000 - Men's 1st Round
Fernando Verdasco d David Goffin - 76(2) 62
That's Fern with legend Manolo Santana on Court Manolo Santana days ago.
At Madrid last year Fern finally got his first win over Rafael Nadal.
Since then his results have taken a nose-dive.
In the 21 tournys he's played since he was a Qf'ist or better only twice.
Fern is looking to get back on track:
What I focus on is trying to work as hard as possible.
The confidence comes back when you work harder than you normally do.
If you normally push it up to 100%, well, I have to push it to 200%.
That's the way it is when you're in a bad season.
It seems all the things are against you.
The fact of playing here in Madrid also helps; the extra motivation that
Madrid was going to be my next tournament.
Perhaps that made me train even harder, at a higher level.
I think that I'm well prepared to at least be competitive this week.
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