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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Juan Martin del Potro #6

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	2	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	71	66
First serve points won %	73	55
Second serve points won %	50	46
Break points saved %	80	69
Break points converted %	31	20
Service points won %	66	52
Return points won %	48	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 23, 1988
Age	22	20
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	14,360	4,290
Elo (entering)	2,286	2,029
Career W-L	1,045–225	416–172
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 0 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2009	R16	David Nalbandian	3-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Dmitry Tursunov	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Michael Berrer	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2009	SF	Andy Roddick	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2009	R16	John Isner	7-6(4) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Jurgen Melzer	6-2 2-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Ryan Sweeting	6-7(6) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data