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Robin Soderling #35 def. Kei Nishikori #77

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 2008*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Robin Soderling
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	44m

Stat	Robin Soderling	Kei Nishikori
Aces	13	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	64	67
First serve points won %	88	50
Second serve points won %	50	15
Break points saved %	—	29
Break points converted %	71	—
Service points won %	74	38
Return points won %	62	26
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Robin Soderling	Kei Nishikori
Country	SWE	JPN
Birth date	Aug 14, 1984	Dec 29, 1989
Age	24	18
Height	193	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	77
Ranking points (entering)	965	552
Elo (entering)	1,919	1,802
Career W-L	285–166	424–226
Career earnings	$10,423,124	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Robin Soderling 0 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2008	QF	Rainer Schuettler	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2008	R16	Juan Monaco	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2008	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2008	F	David Nalbandian	2-6 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2008	QF	Mario Ancic	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2008	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-1 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2008	R32	Marcel Granollers	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data