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Nikolay Davydenko #6 def. Fernando Verdasco #9

6-2 7-5 4-6 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	6-2 7-5 4-6 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	3h 57m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	6	14
Double faults	5	20
First serve %	62	57
First serve points won %	68	73
Second serve points won %	57	45
Break points saved %	67	42
Break points converted %	58	33
Service points won %	64	61
Return points won %	39	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Fernando Verdasco
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Nov 15, 1983
Age	28	26
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	9
Ranking points (entering)	4,930	3,300
Elo (entering)	2,200	2,017
Career W-L	467–324	549–441
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 6 – 1 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2010	R32	Juan Monaco	6-0 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Illya Marchenko	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Dieter Kindlmann	6-1 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2010	QF	Roger Federer	6-2 3-6 0-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2010	R32	Stefan Koubek	6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Ivan Sergeyev	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Carsten Ball	6-7(4) 7-6(1) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data