Fernando led Spain

Fernando Verdasco of Spain blasted Argentina's David Nalbandian at the US Open. Verdasco was one of a 7 top players, where Rafael Nadal was the top. Fernando swiped away the set with 6-2, but quickly fell down in the second before breaking back in the third game. David grabbed a 2nd break of serve to lead and converted a 4th set point to level the score. He then broke David again in the third game of the fourth set to lead and David was beaten by the end. Another Spain player to the last 16 was David Ferrer, reached the semi-final in 2007, beating Nadal.

British Andy Murray was also with a match against Switzerland's Stanislas, whom he defeated in straight sets 2 years ago. Isner, the tallest player in the men's draw, was scheduled for the night session on the Arthur Ashe Centre Court against tough Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.

Spain keeps faith inTorres

David Villa and Gerard Pique said Spain needs to keep faith with Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. Fernando Torres is struggling for the form in contrast to strike David Villa, who hit his fourth goal in the finals as Spain beat Portugal. Torres, who had his second knee operation on April, was again substituted in the second half of the last-16 match as he faded after a bright start. But Villa believes Spain have to keep faith with Torres in Saturday's quarter-final against Paraguay.

Villa said they know what state his knee was a month ago and he don't agree with those who feels his performances have gone low. He added the only blame we can pin on him is that he hasn't scored any goal. Team-mate Pique said Fernando needs time to recover and it's always difficult for a player after that. He stressed saying that it takes time to come back from that kind of situation.