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Juan Martin del Potro #8 def. Roger Federer #1

6-4 6-7(8) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2018*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-4 6-7(8) 7-6(2)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 42m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Aces	8	10
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	63	61
First serve points won %	75	74
Second serve points won %	67	53
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	72	66
Return points won %	34	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Aug 8, 1981
Age	29	36
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,200	10,060
Elo (entering)	2,175	2,430
Career W-L	416–172	1,206–267
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 6 – 17 Roger Federer

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2018	SF	Milos Raonic	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2018	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2018	R16	Leonardo Mayer	3-6 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2018	R32	David Ferrer	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2018	R64	Alex de Minaur	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2018	SF	Borna Coric	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2018	QF	Hyeon Chung	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2018	R16	Jeremy Chardy	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2018	R32	Filip Krajinovic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2018	R64	Federico Delbonis	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data