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Fernando Verdasco #27 def. Nicolas Almagro #12

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2012*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	5	5
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	80	71
First serve points won %	75	65
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	86	71
Break points converted %	29	14
Service points won %	72	61
Return points won %	39	28
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Almagro
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Aug 21, 1985
Age	28	26
Height	188	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	27	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,320	2,070
Elo (entering)	1,885	1,982
Career W-L	549–441	385–272
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 4 – 2 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2012	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2012	R32	Filippo Volandri	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2012	SF	Stan Wawrinka	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2012	R16	Benoit Paire	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2012	R32	Pere Riba	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data