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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Nicolas Almagro #20

6-1 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-1 6-1
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	1	3
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	68	38
First serve points won %	82	52
Second serve points won %	52	35
Break points saved %	100	38
Break points converted %	62	0
Service points won %	72	42
Return points won %	58	28
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 21, 1985
Age	22	22
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	20
Ranking points (entering)	5,585	1,270
Elo (entering)	2,218	1,942
Career W-L	1,045–225	385–272
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-1 6-0 6-2	W	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 7, 2008	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Jeremy Chardy	7-6(0) 7-6(7) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Andy Murray	6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Sebastian Decoud	7-6(2) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Boris Pashanski	6-4 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data