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Roger Federer #2 def. Fernando Verdasco #10

6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Roger Federer	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	4	2
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	63	79
First serve points won %	76	57
Second serve points won %	40	62
Break points saved %	71	50
Break points converted %	50	29
Service points won %	63	58
Return points won %	42	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Fernando Verdasco
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Nov 15, 1983
Age	27	25
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	10
Ranking points (entering)	11,000	3,330
Elo (entering)	2,225	2,023
Career W-L	1,206–267	549–441
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2009	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Marc Gicquel	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2009	SF	Andy Murray	3-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2009	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Thomaz Bellucci	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data