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Rafael Nadal #2 def. David Nalbandian #74

4-6 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	4-6 7-5 6-4
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 40m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Nalbandian
Aces	3	4
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	68	59
First serve points won %	73	63
Second serve points won %	62	65
Break points saved %	67	57
Break points converted %	43	33
Service points won %	69	64
Return points won %	36	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Nalbandian
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 1, 1982
Age	25	30
Height	185	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	74
Ranking points (entering)	10,415	700
Elo (entering)	2,288	1,992
Career W-L	1,045–225	356–185
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 2 David Nalbandian

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Leonardo Mayer	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2012	SF	Roger Federer	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Marin Cilic	7-6(3) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2012	R128	Potito Starace	7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data