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Andy Murray #6 def. Juan Martin del Potro #17

7-6(2) 7-6(1) 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(1) 4-6 7-5
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	3h 57m

Stat	Andy Murray	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	9	3
Double faults	8	5
First serve %	56	62
First serve points won %	72	61
Second serve points won %	46	53
Break points saved %	61	53
Break points converted %	47	39
Service points won %	60	58
Return points won %	42	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	GBR	ARG
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Sep 23, 1988
Age	21	19
Height	191	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,415	1,343
Elo (entering)	2,112	2,008
Career W-L	703–264	416–172
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 1 – 0 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Jurgen Melzer	6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Michael Llodra	6-4 1-6 7-5 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Sergio Roitman	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2008	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-2 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Kei Nishikori	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	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