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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Martin Vassallo Arguello #54

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Martin Vassallo Arguello
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Martin Vassallo Arguello
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	60	62
First serve points won %	71	62
Second serve points won %	65	52
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	69	58
Return points won %	42	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Martin Vassallo Arguello
Country	SRB	ARG
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Feb 10, 1980
Age	21	29
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	54
Ranking points (entering)	9,240	1,238
Elo (entering)	2,110	1,634
Career W-L	1,122–223	46–81
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$1,420,101

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 0 Martin Vassallo Arguello

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Tommy Haas	6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Vassallo Arguello's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2009	R128	Rik De Voest	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data