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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 2, 2008*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	4	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	56	58
First serve points won %	72	73
Second serve points won %	76	47
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	74	62
Return points won %	38	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	21	22
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	5,055	6,305
Elo (entering)	2,127	2,353
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 3 – 9 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Ernests Gulbis	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Simone Bolelli	7-6(2) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2008	F	Andy Murray	6-7(4) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Florent Serra	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data