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Roger Federer #1 def. Andy Murray #2

6-2 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 2009*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 7-6(8)
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Roger Federer	Andy Murray
Aces	4	10
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56	51
First serve points won %	89	72
Second serve points won %	59	59
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	76	66
Return points won %	34	24
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Andy Murray
Country	SUI	GBR
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 15, 1987
Age	28	22
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	11,040	9,250
Elo (entering)	2,310	2,250
Career W-L	1,206–267	703–264
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 6 Andy Murray

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2009	QF	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2009	R16	David Ferrer	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2009	R32	Jose Acasuso	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2009	F	Novak Djokovic	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2009	QF	Julien Benneteau	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2009	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2009	R32	Nicolas Almagro	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data