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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Andy Murray #9

7-6(2) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 2008*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(2) 6-3
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Aces	1	5
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	70	54
First serve points won %	63	67
Second serve points won %	68	57
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Country	ESP	GBR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 15, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	5,830	1,730
Elo (entering)	2,341	2,041
Career W-L	1,045–225	703–264
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 0 Andy Murray

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Richard Gasquet	6-7(12) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Igor Andreev	6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Jesse Levine	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2008	F	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Novak Djokovic	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-2 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data