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Roger Federer #1 def. Fernando Verdasco #28

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 17, 2008*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Roger Federer	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	69	72
First serve points won %	74	65
Second serve points won %	65	41
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	71	58
Return points won %	42	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Fernando Verdasco
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Nov 15, 1983
Age	26	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	28
Ranking points (entering)	6,825	1,120
Elo (entering)	2,232	1,832
Career W-L	1,206–267	549–441
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 1 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Robin Soderling	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	SF	Andreas Seppi	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	David Ferrer	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Michael Llodra	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2008	R64	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data