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Roger Federer #2 def. Denis Istomin #53

5-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date Aug 18, 2010*
Tournament Cincinnati Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Roger Federer
Score5-2 (ret.)
Loser Denis Istomin
Duration36m
StatRoger FedererDenis Istomin
Aces21
Double faults11
First serve %5765
First serve points won %9260
Second serve points won %5638
Break points saved %50
Break points converted %50
Service points won %7652
Return points won %4824
Total points won %6139

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererDenis Istomin
Country SUI UZB
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Sep 7, 1986
Age2923
Height185188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)253
Ranking points (entering)7,215899
Elo (entering)2,1811,792
Career W-L1,206–267191–245
Career earnings$130,594,339$6,339,469
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 1 0 Denis Istomin

Path

Roger Federer's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 20, 2010R16 Philipp Kohlschreiber (w/o)WH2HMatch data

Denis Istomin's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 17, 2010R64 James Blake 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data
Aug 15, 2010Q2 Simon Greul 6-2 7-6(9)WH2HMatch data
Aug 15, 2010Q1 Bobby Reynolds 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data