Quarterfinal Photos here

Rafa Nadal defeats Fernando Verdaso in straight sets, making his winning record 11-0. Very difficult conditions playing tonight & Rafa handled himself extremely well!

Let's face it Verdasco is no match for Rafa, I personally believe in my heart without a question that Rafa will take this title. 1. His scheduling has been so carefully centered & geared towards this event, that I feel it's basically now or never. He has a winning record against Mikhail Youzhny  7- 4 for Rafa, H2H here, granted the last time they met Youzhny defeated Rafa on a hard court back in 2008, 6-0, 6-1 Stats in the Chennai Final, being that the previous match was a 3 set thriller with Carlos Moya.Regardless, I think Rafa will do well the weather will let up & he will be playing a day match next which is great.. On to the semis...


I had an amazing time at the Open tonight, first off it was so much colder than usual I think in all the years I've been going there I literally froze! I always come prepared but this time my flip flops were not a good idea. I took some pics will upload them tomorrow.. I'm beat!



Rafael Nadal's Interview After His Win
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MATCH STATS:

Arthur Ashe Stadium - Men's Singles - Qtr. Finals
	Rafael Nadal ESP (1)					7		6		6
Match Completed
	Fernando Verdasco ESP (8)					5		3		4
Match StatisticsServe Statistics

	Elapsed Time by Set:	59	41	42

	Match Summary
			Nadal(ESP)		Verdasco(ESP)
	1st Serve %	51 of 77 = 66 %	59 of 100 = 59 %
	Aces	4	6
	Double Faults	0	6
	Unforced Errors	16	41
	Winning % on 1st Serve	43 of 51 = 84 %	36 of 59 = 61 %
	Winning % on 2nd Serve	18 of 26 = 69 %	23 of 41 = 56 %
	Winners	18	25
	Receiving Points Won	41 of 100 = 41 %	16 of 77 = 21 %
	Break Point Conversions	4 of 9 = 44 %	1 of 1 = 100 %
	Net Approaches	16 of 21 = 76 %	16 of 27 = 59 %
	Total Points Won	102	75
	Fastest Serve Speed	128 MPH	131 MPH
	Average 1st Serve Speed	115 MPH	115 MPH
	Average 2nd Serve Speed	87 MPH	102 MPH

One more Stat that I loved!

Men's Singles Ace Leaders
Rank Player Country Matches Aces
16 R.Nadal ESP 5 34