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Andy Murray #4 def. Fernando Verdasco #16

6-0 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2008*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-0 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Andy Murray	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	5	1
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	60	67
First serve points won %	79	47
Second serve points won %	45	29
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	65	41
Return points won %	59	35
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Fernando Verdasco
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Nov 15, 1983
Age	21	24
Height	191	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	16
Ranking points (entering)	3,420	1,410
Elo (entering)	2,200	1,867
Career W-L	703–264	549–441
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 3 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Ernests Gulbis	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Viktor Troicki	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2008	F	Andrey Golubev	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Rainer Schuettler	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Karlis Lejnieks	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Teymuraz Gabashvili	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data