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Fernando Verdasco #8 def. Nicolas Almagro #34

6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2009*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(8)
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	2h 47m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	3	5
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	88	48
First serve points won %	75	68
Second serve points won %	23	52
Break points saved %	0	56
Break points converted %	44	100
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Almagro
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Aug 21, 1985
Age	25	23
Height	188	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	34
Ranking points (entering)	3,830	1,525
Elo (entering)	2,069	1,794
Career W-L	549–441	385–272
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 2 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Philipp Petzschner	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Florent Serra	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2009	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	2-6 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Ernests Gulbis	6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Agustin Calleri	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data