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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Fernando Verdasco #8

7-5 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2010*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-3 6-4
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	4	6
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	66	58
First serve points won %	84	62
Second serve points won %	69	55
Break points saved %	0	56
Break points converted %	44	100
Service points won %	79	59
Return points won %	41	21
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 15, 1983
Age	24	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	10,745	3,330
Elo (entering)	2,291	2,022
Career W-L	1,045–225	549–441
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 10 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2010	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2010	R32	Gilles Simon	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2010	R64	Denis Istomin	6-2 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2010	R128	Teymuraz Gabashvili	7-6(4) 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2010	SF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2010	R16	David Ferrer	5-7 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2010	R32	David Nalbandian	6-2 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2010	R64	Adrian Mannarino	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2010	R128	Fabio Fognini	1-6 7-5 6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data