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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Marcos Baghdatis #27

7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Mar 12, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-0
Loser	Marcos Baghdatis
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Marcos Baghdatis
Aces	1	4
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	77	47
First serve points won %	73	67
Second serve points won %	46	35
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	67	50
Return points won %	50	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Marcos Baghdatis
Country	ESP	CYP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 17, 1985
Age	19	20
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	27
Ranking points (entering)	4,665	1,219
Elo (entering)	2,177	1,894
Career W-L	1,045–225	324–272
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,918,917

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Marcos Baghdatis

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Mardy Fish	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Jan Hernych	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2006	SF	James Blake	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Gaston Gaudio	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Jonas Bjorkman	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data