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Rik De Voest #119 def. Izak Van der Merwe #132

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Rik De Voest
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Izak Van der Merwe
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Rik De Voest	Izak Van der Merwe
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	68	69
First serve points won %	63	48
Second serve points won %	56	53
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	61	49
Return points won %	51	39
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rik De Voest	Izak Van der Merwe
Country	RSA	RSA
Birth date	Jun 5, 1980	Jan 26, 1984
Age	31	28
Height	180	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	119	132
Ranking points (entering)	462	436
Elo (entering)	1,647	1,492
Career W-L	19–38	7–7
Career earnings	$1,349,991	$430,017

Pre-match H2H

Rik De Voest 0 – 0 Izak Van der Merwe

Path

Rik De Voest's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2012	Q1	Stefano Galvani	6-3 5-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Rik De Voest's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2012	R128	Andrey Golubev	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Izak Van der Merwe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2012	Q1	Stephane Bohli	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data