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Juan Martin del Potro #17 def. Kei Nishikori #126

6-3 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-3 6-4 6-3
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Kei Nishikori
Aces	6	3
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	58	56
First serve points won %	70	54
Second serve points won %	56	51
Break points saved %	40	30
Break points converted %	70	60
Service points won %	64	53
Return points won %	47	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Kei Nishikori
Country	ARG	JPN
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Dec 29, 1989
Age	19	18
Height	198	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	126
Ranking points (entering)	1,343	386
Elo (entering)	1,999	1,762
Career W-L	416–172	424–226
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 0 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Gilles Simon	6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Thomaz Bellucci	4-6 6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Guillermo Canas	4-6 7-6(0) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Andy Murray	6-7(2) 6-7(1) 6-4 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	David Ferrer	6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Roko Karanusic	6-1 7-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Juan Monaco	6-2 6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data