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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Fernando Verdasco #23

6-1 6-0 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-0 6-2
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	1	1
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	64	67
First serve points won %	68	43
Second serve points won %	60	30
Break points saved %	60	40
Break points converted %	60	40
Service points won %	65	39
Return points won %	61	35
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 15, 1983
Age	22	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	23
Ranking points (entering)	5,585	1,240
Elo (entering)	2,211	1,882
Career W-L	1,045–225	549–441
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Nicolas Devilder	6-4 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Thomaz Bellucci	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	7-6(5) 5-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	7-5 4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Santiago Ventura	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-7(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data