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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 22, 2008*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	8	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	62	61
First serve points won %	81	58
Second serve points won %	58	40
Break points saved %	67	43
Break points converted %	57	33
Service points won %	72	51
Return points won %	49	28
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	20	21
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	5,130	5,980
Elo (entering)	2,145	2,109
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 2 – 6 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2008	QF	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2008	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2008	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2008	R64	Andreas Seppi	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2008	F	Mardy Fish	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2008	QF	James Blake	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2008	R16	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2008	R32	Donald Young	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2008	R64	Santiago Giraldo	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data