Novak Djokovic #4 def. Robin Soderling #11

6-3 6-3

Novak Djokovic defeated Robin Soderling 6-3 6-3 in the 2009 China Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 10, 2009*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2009
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 21m

Match Statistics

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Robin Soderling
Aces	6	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	80	64
Second serve points won %	60	40
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	72	53
Return points won %	47	28
Total points won %	58	42

Player Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Robin Soderling
Country	SRB	SWE
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 14, 1984
Age	22	25
Height	188 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	11
Ranking points (entering)	7,330	3,020
Elo (entering)	2,197	2,066
Current career W-L	1,141–231	285–168
Current career earnings	$194,691,590	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic #4 3 – 0 Robin Soderling #11

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Verdasco #9	6-3 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2009	QF
Viktor Troicki #28	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2009	R16
Victor Hanescu #27	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2009	R32

Novak Djokovic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marin Cilic #15	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2009	F

Robin Soderling's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Ljubicic #45	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2009	QF
Tommy Robredo #17	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2009	R16
Jeremy Chardy #32	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2009	R32