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Juan Martin del Potro #9 def. Denis Istomin #51

7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2
Loser	Denis Istomin
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Denis Istomin
Aces	10	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	54	59
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	59	49
Break points saved %	71	60
Break points converted %	40	29
Service points won %	71	59
Return points won %	41	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Denis Istomin
Country	ARG	UZB
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Sep 7, 1986
Age	23	25
Height	198	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	51
Ranking points (entering)	2,840	917
Elo (entering)	2,153	1,865
Career W-L	416–172	191–245
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$6,339,469

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 1 – 0 Denis Istomin

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Marinko Matosevic	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2012	QF	Roger Federer	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	David Ferrer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	7-6(5) 6-7(7) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2012	R128	Yen-Hsun Lu	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data