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Kei Nishikori #9 def. Fernando Verdasco #37

0-6 6-4 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 6, 2017*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	0-6 6-4 6-4 6-0
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 34m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	4	3
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	53	71
First serve points won %	63	62
Second serve points won %	47	38
Break points saved %	62	59
Break points converted %	41	38
Service points won %	55	55
Return points won %	45	45
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Fernando Verdasco
Country	JPN	ESP
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Nov 15, 1983
Age	27	33
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	37
Ranking points (entering)	3,650	1,085
Elo (entering)	2,115	1,974
Career W-L	424–226	549–441
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 3 – 2 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2017	R32	Hyeon Chung	7-5 6-4 6-7(4) 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2017	R64	Jeremy Chardy	6-3 6-0 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2017	R128	Thanasi Kokkinakis	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 2017	QF	Andy Murray	6-2 1-6 6-7(0) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2017	R32	Pablo Cuevas	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2017	R64	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-3 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2017	R128	Alexander Zverev	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data