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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Nicolas Almagro #35

4-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2010*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	1	5
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	64	53
First serve points won %	78	69
Second serve points won %	36	36
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	63	53
Return points won %	47	37
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 21, 1985
Age	23	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	35
Ranking points (entering)	6,480	1,315
Elo (entering)	2,236	1,963
Career W-L	1,045–225	385–272
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	QF	Gael Monfils	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2010	R16	John Isner	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2010	R32	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2010	F	Roger Federer	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2010	R16	Juan Monaco	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2010	R32	Robin Soderling	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2010	R64	Viktor Troicki	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data