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Mikhail Youzhny #54 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-3 5-7 7-6(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Mikhail Youzhny
Score	6-3 5-7 7-6(5) 6-1
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 15m

Stat	Mikhail Youzhny	Rafael Nadal
Aces	7	1
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	66	63
First serve points won %	73	67
Second serve points won %	66	49
Break points saved %	82	56
Break points converted %	44	18
Service points won %	70	60
Return points won %	40	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mikhail Youzhny	Rafael Nadal
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jun 25, 1982	Jun 3, 1986
Age	24	20
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	54	2
Ranking points (entering)	745	4,625
Elo (entering)	1,832	2,233
Career W-L	477–405	1,045–225
Career earnings	$14,264,450	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Mikhail Youzhny 1 – 3 Rafael Nadal

Path

Mikhail Youzhny's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2006	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	David Ferrer	4-6 6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Nicolas Massu	5-7 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Dominik Hrbaty	7-5 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Youzhny's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2006	SF	Andy Roddick	7-6(5) 0-6 6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2006	R16	Jiri Novak	6-1 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Wesley Moodie	6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Luis Horna	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data