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Nikolay Davydenko #11 def. Fernando Verdasco #8

6-2 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2009*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	6-2 6-2 6-4
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	77	59
First serve points won %	83	55
Second serve points won %	53	50
Break points saved %	100	44
Break points converted %	56	0
Service points won %	76	53
Return points won %	47	24
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Fernando Verdasco
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Nov 15, 1983
Age	28	25
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,945	3,830
Elo (entering)	1,999	2,078
Career W-L	467–324	549–441
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 4 – 1 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2009	R32	Stan Wawrinka	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Diego Junqueira	4-6 6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Stefan Koubek	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2009	QF	Robin Soderling	1-6 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2009	R32	Nicolas Almagro	6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(8)	W	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