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Pablo Carreno Busta #19 def. Kevin Anderson #8

6-4 5-7 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Mar 30, 2018*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pablo Carreno Busta
Score	6-4 5-7 7-6(6)
Loser	Kevin Anderson
Duration	2h 42m

Stat	Pablo Carreno Busta	Kevin Anderson
Aces	6	14
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	68	63
First serve points won %	70	70
Second serve points won %	53	54
Break points saved %	25	70
Break points converted %	30	75
Service points won %	65	64
Return points won %	36	35
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pablo Carreno Busta	Kevin Anderson
Country	ESP	RSA
Birth date	Jul 12, 1991	May 18, 1986
Age	26	31
Height	188	203
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,045	3,235
Elo (entering)	1,907	2,037
Career W-L	277–232	347–251
Career earnings	$17,658,380	$17,791,917

Pre-match H2H

Pablo Carreno Busta 0 – 5 Kevin Anderson

Path

Pablo Carreno Busta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2018	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2018	R32	Steve Johnson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2018	R64	Denis Istomin	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Pablo Carreno Busta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 2018	SF	Alexander Zverev	6-7(4) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2018	R16	Frances Tiafoe	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2018	R32	Karen Khachanov	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2018	R64	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data