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Kevin Anderson #8 def. Dusan Lajovic #95

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

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2018*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Kevin Anderson
Score	7-6(3) 3-6 6-3
Loser	Dusan Lajovic
Duration	2h 12m

Stat	Kevin Anderson	Dusan Lajovic
Aces	15	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	68	71
First serve points won %	68	70
Second serve points won %	66	52
Break points saved %	33	60
Break points converted %	40	67
Service points won %	67	65
Return points won %	35	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Anderson	Dusan Lajovic
Country	RSA	SRB
Birth date	May 18, 1986	Jun 30, 1990
Age	31	27
Height	203	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	95
Ranking points (entering)	3,345	639
Elo (entering)	2,011	1,839
Career W-L	347–251	192–257
Career earnings	$17,791,917	$10,619,229

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Anderson 1 – 0 Dusan Lajovic

Path

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2018	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2018	R32	Mikhail Kukushkin	5-7 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2018	SF	Dominic Thiem	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dusan Lajovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2018	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	3-6 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2018	R32	Richard Gasquet	7-6(1) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2018	R64	Karen Khachanov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2018	Q2	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2018	Q1	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data