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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Tomas Berdych #7

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2012*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Tomas Berdych
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	77	65
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	71	44
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	75	59
Return points won %	41	25
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 17, 1985
Age	25	26
Height	185	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	7
Ranking points (entering)	9,105	4,410
Elo (entering)	2,311	2,175
Career W-L	1,045–225	594–321
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 10 – 3 Tomas Berdych

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Florian Mayer	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	SF	David Ferrer	7-6(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Nicolas Almagro	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Lukasz Kubot	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data