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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Fernando Verdasco #38

6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2019*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-0
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	69	65
First serve points won %	76	53
Second serve points won %	39	22
Break points saved %	89	38
Break points converted %	62	11
Service points won %	64	42
Return points won %	58	36
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 15, 1983
Age	32	35
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	38
Ranking points (entering)	7,945	1,200
Elo (entering)	2,257	1,932
Career W-L	1,045–225	549–441
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 16 – 3 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2019	R16	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2019	R32	Jeremy Chardy	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2019	SF	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2019	R16	Karen Khachanov	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2019	R32	Dominic Thiem	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2019	R64	Kyle Edmund	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data