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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Marat Safin #59

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 2009*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Marat Safin
Aces	1	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	78	63
First serve points won %	67	56
Second serve points won %	67	32
Break points saved %	100	20
Break points converted %	80	0
Service points won %	67	47
Return points won %	53	33
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Marat Safin
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 27, 1980
Age	23	29
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	59
Ranking points (entering)	8,845	820
Elo (entering)	2,275	1,736
Career W-L	1,045–225	395–247
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Marat Safin

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2009	R16	James Blake	7-5 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2009	SF	Marin Cilic	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2009	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Jose Acasuso	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data