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Andy Murray #4 def. Roger Federer #2

6-3 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-3 4-6 6-1
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Andy Murray	Roger Federer
Aces	6	3
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	60	57
First serve points won %	71	64
Second serve points won %	58	47
Break points saved %	80	17
Break points converted %	83	20
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Roger Federer
Country	GBR	SUI
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	27
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	2
Ranking points (entering)	7,400	11,000
Elo (entering)	2,212	2,233
Career W-L	703–264	1,206–267
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 5 – 2 Roger Federer

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2009	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Albert Montanes	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2009	F	Rafael Nadal	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2009	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 7-6(5)	W	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