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Novak Djokovic #2 def. Juan Martin del Potro #8

6-2 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-2 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	3h 6m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	7	8
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	57	66
First serve points won %	84	65
Second serve points won %	55	44
Break points saved %	67	69
Break points converted %	31	33
Service points won %	72	58
Return points won %	42	28
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SRB	ARG
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Sep 23, 1988
Age	25	23
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	11,270	3,620
Elo (entering)	2,391	2,193
Career W-L	1,122–223	416–172
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 5 – 0 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-1 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Julien Benneteau	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Rogerio Dutra Silva	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Paolo Lorenzi	6-1 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2012	SF	David Ferrer	2-6 6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Andy Roddick	6-7(1) 7-6(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-3 7-5 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Ryan Harrison	6-2 6-3 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Florent Serra	6-4 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data