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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Andy Murray #4

6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	3h 24m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Aces	3	8
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	68	54
First serve points won %	72	66
Second serve points won %	56	46
Break points saved %	80	67
Break points converted %	33	20
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Country	ESP	GBR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 15, 1987
Age	25	24
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	11,420	6,535
Elo (entering)	2,326	2,247
Career W-L	1,045–225	703–264
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 12 – 4 Andy Murray

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Andy Roddick	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Gilles Muller	7-6(1) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	David Nalbandian	7-6(5) 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Nicolas Mahut	6-2 6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Andrey Golubev	6-3 7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2011	F	Novak Djokovic	2-6 4-6 7-6(3) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	John Isner	7-5 6-4 3-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Donald Young	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Robin Haase	6-7(5) 2-6 6-2 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Somdev Devvarman	7-6(5) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data