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Fernando Verdasco #19 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-3 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 11, 2012*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-3 3-6 7-5
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 10m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Rafael Nadal
Aces	5	7
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	62	66
First serve points won %	62	56
Second serve points won %	39	43
Break points saved %	60	30
Break points converted %	70	40
Service points won %	53	52
Return points won %	48	47
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Rafael Nadal
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Jun 3, 1986
Age	28	25
Height	188	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,675	9,615
Elo (entering)	1,976	2,336
Career W-L	549–441	1,045–225
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 13 Rafael Nadal

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2012	R32	Alejandro Falla	6-7(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2012	R64	Denis Istomin	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2012	QF	Tomas Berdych	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2012	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data