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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Fernando Verdasco #8

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 2, 2009*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	0	0
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	70	65
First serve points won %	64	56
Second serve points won %	61	47
Break points saved %	83	33
Break points converted %	67	17
Service points won %	63	53
Return points won %	47	37
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 15, 1983
Age	22	25
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	14,890	3,870
Elo (entering)	2,336	2,052
Career W-L	1,045–225	549–441
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 7 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Robin Soderling	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	SF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Richard Gasquet	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Mardy Fish	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data