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Juan Martin del Potro #3 def. Rafael Nadal #1

7-6(3) 6-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	7-6(3) 6-2 (ret.)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Aces	2	4
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	66	75
First serve points won %	70	60
Second serve points won %	55	39
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	65	55
Return points won %	45	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Jun 3, 1986
Age	29	32
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,500	10,040
Elo (entering)	2,208	2,374
Career W-L	416–172	1,045–225
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 4 – 11 Rafael Nadal

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	John Isner	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Borna Coric	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Fernando Verdasco	7-5 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Denis Kudla	6-3 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Donald Young	6-0 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2018	F	Novak Djokovic	3-6 6-7(4) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Dominic Thiem	0-6 6-4 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-3 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Karen Khachanov	5-7 7-5 7-6(7) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Vasek Pospisil	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	David Ferrer	6-3 3-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data