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Andy Murray #4 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-3 7-6(2) 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-3 7-6(2) 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 30m

Stat	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal
Aces	12	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	59	67
First serve points won %	77	62
Second serve points won %	45	42
Break points saved %	83	60
Break points converted %	40	17
Service points won %	64	56
Return points won %	44	36
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	22	23
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	2
Ranking points (entering)	6,780	9,310
Elo (entering)	2,228	2,188
Career W-L	703–264	1,045–225
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 2 – 7 Rafael Nadal

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	John Isner	7-6(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2010	R32	Florent Serra	7-5 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Marc Gicquel	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Kevin Anderson	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2010	SF	Marin Cilic	3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Ivo Karlovic	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2010	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Lukas Lacko	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Peter Luczak	7-6(0) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data