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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Robin Soderling #5

6-4 6-1 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2011*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Robin Soderling
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Robin Soderling
Aces	4	5
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	77	57
First serve points won %	64	69
Second serve points won %	71	35
Break points saved %	67	45
Break points converted %	55	33
Service points won %	66	54
Return points won %	46	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Robin Soderling
Country	ESP	SWE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 14, 1984
Age	24	26
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	12,070	5,435
Elo (entering)	2,332	2,136
Career W-L	1,045–225	285–166
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 2 Robin Soderling

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2011	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	7-5 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2011	R32	Antonio Veic	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2011	R64	Pablo Andujar	7-5 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2011	R128	John Isner	6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2011	SF	Andy Murray	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2011	R16	Gilles Simon	6-2 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2011	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2011	R64	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2011	R128	Ryan Harrison	6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data