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Nicolas Almagro #21 def. David Nalbandian #7

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2008*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	David Nalbandian
Aces	7	1
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	71	60
First serve points won %	68	66
Second serve points won %	61	39
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	David Nalbandian
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Jan 1, 1982
Age	22	26
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,305	2,110
Elo (entering)	1,861	1,974
Career W-L	385–272	356–185
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 1 – 1 David Nalbandian

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2008	R64	Flavio Cipolla	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

No prior matches in this tournament.