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Juan Martin del Potro #7 def. Rafael Nadal #1

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

Match Information

Date	Apr 3, 2009*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(3)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Aces	8	8
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	60	63
First serve points won %	71	69
Second serve points won %	46	47
Break points saved %	50	69
Break points converted %	31	50
Service points won %	61	61
Return points won %	39	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Jun 3, 1986
Age	20	22
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,470	14,990
Elo (entering)	2,044	2,318
Career W-L	416–172	1,045–225
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 0 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 2009	R16	David Ferrer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 2009	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2009	R64	Martin Vassallo Arguello	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 2009	SF	Andy Murray	1-6 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 2009	R16	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 2009	R32	Frederico Gil	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Mar 28, 2009	R64	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data