I got to catch the end of the Nadal-Verdasco semi-final match, if you didn't see the last set, let me recap. So, Verdasco is the 14 seed and Nadal, the 1 seed, has been rolling through tennis like Jerome Bettis at a pop-warner game. Verdasco forces the game to 5 sets, which no one though was possible...could he win? No, Verdasco pulled one of the biggest choke jobs I have EVER seen. The set is tied 4-4 and Nadal is serving, Verdasco, who looked completely over matched the last time Nadal served in the set, wins the first 2 points, goes up 0-30. I am thinking he might break Nadal, but no, he loses the next four points and the game. So, Verdasco is serving, and they have this long, long rally, which Nadal ends up winning. Verdasco loses the next point and THEN double faults and go down 0-40. WIth his back against the wall, he wins the next two points to bring the game to 30-40....all of Melbourne is thinking "do you believe in miracles?" Even I thought this was supposed to happen, you know kind of like Bill Murray in "Caddy Shack" except instead of a Cinderella story at Augusta, he is the Cinderella story at the Australian Open. So, with the game 30-40, he faults on the next serve. No way he can double fault again, with the match and a place in the finals and millions of dollars on the line, right? No, he puts his next serve right into the net. Nadal wins the set 6-4 and the match 3-2. Seriously, I have never seen a bigger choke job.
