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Robin Soderling #25 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2009*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Robin Soderling
Score	6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(2)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 30m

Stat	Robin Soderling	Rafael Nadal
Aces	9	3
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	64	77
First serve points won %	68	67
Second serve points won %	62	45
Break points saved %	50	17
Break points converted %	83	50
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Robin Soderling	Rafael Nadal
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Aug 14, 1984	Jun 3, 1986
Age	24	22
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,775	14,960
Elo (entering)	1,876	2,354
Career W-L	285–166	1,045–225
Career earnings	$10,423,124	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Robin Soderling 0 – 3 Rafael Nadal

Path

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2009	R32	David Ferrer	6-7(5) 7-5 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Denis Istomin	6-4 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Kevin Kim	7-6(4) 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2009	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2009	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Marcos Daniel	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data