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Fernando Verdasco #9 def. Novak Djokovic #2

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

Match Information

Date	May 1, 2010*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	7-6(4) 3-6 6-4
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	3h 18m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Novak Djokovic
Aces	3	6
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	79	65
First serve points won %	63	71
Second serve points won %	52	33
Break points saved %	55	71
Break points converted %	29	45
Service points won %	61	58
Return points won %	42	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	May 22, 1987
Age	26	22
Height	188	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,555	7,390
Elo (entering)	2,106	2,182
Career W-L	549–441	1,122–223
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 3 – 5 Novak Djokovic

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Simone Bolelli	7-6(11) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	SF	David Ferrer	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Jeremy Chardy	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data