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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Mardy Fish #35

3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2
Loser	Mardy Fish
Duration	2h 38m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Mardy Fish
Aces	3	14
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	72	50
First serve points won %	74	73
Second serve points won %	69	47
Break points saved %	0	58
Break points converted %	42	100
Service points won %	72	60
Return points won %	40	28
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Mardy Fish
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 9, 1981
Age	22	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	35
Ranking points (entering)	6,700	955
Elo (entering)	2,334	1,875
Career W-L	1,045–225	290–211
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,460,641

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 0 Mardy Fish

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Sam Querrey	6-2 5-7 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Viktor Troicki	6-4 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Ryler DeHeart	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Bjorn Phau	7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2008	SF	Andy Murray	2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mardy Fish's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Gael Monfils	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	James Blake	6-3 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Robert Smeets	7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data