Fernando Verdasco during day two of Australian Open

Spanish tennis players go Shirtless for Elle

Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano López, Tommy Robredo, Nicolás Almagro and David Ferrer are featured shirtless in the latest edition of Spanish Elle magazine.

Thanks to Lana from Greattennisphotos for this shirtless alert!

Can't wait for the HQ scans to come out :P

Caption! Verdasco and Nadal back in the days...

Here's a pic of Rafa and Fernando from a couple of years ago:

So cuuuutteee! But what the hell kind of stretch is that personal trainer doing to Rafa? :fumes:

Original pics below.

Fernando Verdasco shirtless! Covers XLSemanal magazine

A fierce and shirtless Fernando Verdasco graces the cover of Spanish magazine XLSemanal's latest edition.

The magazine comes out just in time, as Verdasco will be playing his first tournament (since the Australian Open) at the star-studded Indian Wells this week.

Click below for scans from the magazine...




I've picked Verdasco to lose to Federer in the quarters on the ATP game-thing. My finalists are Murray vs Nadal, with Murray to take the title. This is my first time playing this game so *fingers crossed* mwahahahah

Photos: Verdasco visits Melbourne Aquarium

Fernando "maybe does not have a love life anymore" Verdaso visited Melbourne Aquarium yesterday (during day 5 of the Australian Open). I don't know what's cuter: the penguin or Fernando? :P

Verdasco plays Radek Stepanek in the third round today - a rematch of their Brisbane International final earlier this year which Stepanek won.

More photos of Fernando Verdasco fondling the penguins below...



Photos vis Getty images.

Fernando Verdasco photo shoot in Melbourne, Australia

Fernando Verdasco posed during a portrait session in Melbourne, Australia.

Fernando Verdasco did a photo shoot in Melbourne yesterday ahead of the 2009 Australian Open. Interesting fact: Fernando doesn't like being called "Ana's boyfriend" whilst Ana's favourite song at the moment is Single Ladies (by Beyonce). Assume what you want :P

Heaps more photos from the shoot in Melbourne below! UPDATE: If you're after some shirtless pics of Fernando Verdasco, he's done a couple for Mens Health magazine.



Photos by: Luis Enrique Ascui/Getty images

Verdasco shirtless: covers Spanish Mens Health

Fernando Verdasco is featured shirtless on the cover of Spanish Mens Health magazine. I know ya'll have been looking for new pics of Verdasco, so enjoy ;)

There's also a couple more pics of Fernando inside the magazine: fixing his hair in the locker room (shirtless), walking around aimlessly (shirtless) and striking a pose under a hood (yes, still shirtless).

Read the full post for the HQ scans of Verdasco on Mens Health!

Verdasco vanquishes Briton's challenge

Verdasco focus Sometimes it can seem that there is a gulf a mile wide between two players facing each other across the net. That was the case today when the number seven seed Fernando Verdasco saw off James Ward 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. No doubt the mere experience of playing on No.1 Court will stand Ward in good stead, but Verdasco’s superior skill in every department left the British wild card brutally exposed. Verdasco, an Australian Open semi-finalist this year, spelled out the pattern of the match in the opening game, where his swashbuckling strokeplay plundered an immediate break. Ward, in his Grand Slam debut, was clearly feeling the nerves, struggling on his first serve. He sent an easy volley long before delivering a double fault for break point. It was easy pickings for Verdasco, as he dismantled Ward’s game with horrible ease. The crowd did their best for the Briton, roaring him on when he mustered his first game point with the score at 0-4. He needed three attempts before he could convert the chance, but convert he did to an ovation. But his groundstrokes were drifting long, and 25-year-old Verdasco took the set at a brisk stroll 6-1. The last time a British wild card defeated a seed at Wimbledon was a generation ago, when Nick Brown heroically saw off Goran Ivanisevic in 1991. Encouragingly Ward won his first Challenger title last month, at Sarasota, as a qualifier. But before this afternoon he had never faced a top 10 player before, with the highest-ranked player he has ever defeated being the world number 87 Victor Crivoi at Eastbourne last week. True, both Verdasco and Ward are currently enjoying a career high in the world rankings, but there’s a big difference - Verdasco is at number seven while Ward is 220. At 3-0 to Verdasco in the second, a voice from the crowd called out optimistically: “Come on, Ward! You’ve got him on the run!” Maybe it did some good, because Ward promptly held to love and then held again. He even notched up a break point to put the set back on serve, but Verdasco saved with an ace. Gaining confidence, Ward did not surrender his serve again, so the set had a more respectable appearance than the first, but Verdasco was well within his comfort zone. Even so, Ward was now motoring. First he managed not to yield the opening game of the new set for the first time in the match. Then at 4-3 he held two points for a 5-3 lead and a chance to serve for the set. But Ward put the first in the net and Verdasco outplayed him for the second. The inevitable could be postponed no longer. Ward was tiring, and the Spaniard broke him in the next game before wrapping up the match in 90 minutes.