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Novak Djokovic #4 def. Fernando Verdasco #10

7-6(2) 1-6 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-6(2) 1-6 7-5 6-2
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	3h 5m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	9	5
Double faults	4	8
First serve %	67	56
First serve points won %	71	69
Second serve points won %	51	48
Break points saved %	71	67
Break points converted %	33	29
Service points won %	64	60
Return points won %	40	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Fernando Verdasco
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Nov 15, 1983
Age	22	25
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	10
Ranking points (entering)	7,660	3,220
Elo (entering)	2,174	2,043
Career W-L	1,122–223	549–441
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 3 – 2 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Jesse Witten	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Carsten Ball	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2009	SF	Roger Federer	6-7(3) 5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	John Isner	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Tommy Haas	3-6 7-5 7-6(8) 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Florent Serra	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Benjamin Becker	7-5 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data