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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Karen Khachanov #13

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2019*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(2)
Loser	Karen Khachanov
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Karen Khachanov
Aces	1	17
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	60	78
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	56	45
Break points saved %	67	78
Break points converted %	22	33
Service points won %	68	63
Return points won %	37	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Karen Khachanov
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 21, 1996
Age	32	22
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	13
Ranking points (entering)	8,365	2,675
Elo (entering)	2,315	2,015
Career W-L	1,045–225	312–229
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$23,123,170

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 0 Karen Khachanov

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2019	R16	Filip Krajinovic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2019	R32	Diego Schwartzman	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2019	R64	Jared Donaldson	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2019	SF	Roger Federer	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

Karen Khachanov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2019	R16	John Isner	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2019	R32	Andrey Rublev	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2019	R64	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data