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Fernando Verdasco needed almost three hours to see off a resilient Kristof Vliegen in a tense Wimbledon second-round encounter on Court Three. The seventh-seeded Spaniard, who is ranked 74 places higher than his Belgian opponent, was taken to three tie-breaks before eventually prevailing 7-6 (7/3) 6-7 (3/7) 7-6 (7/4) 6-4. The pair had met just once before on the ATP Tour, with Vliegen winning the encounter at the 2006 Australian Open. And the 27-year-old proved similarly competitive this time around as he aimed to get past the second round at Wimbledon for the first time. The opening set was an even affair with a great deal of big hitting and mistakes from both players. Verdasco had the only break points of the set, three in game nine, but Vliegen survived the test and a tie-break soon followed. It was the Spaniard who took... [read full story]
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