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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Roger Federer #2

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2013*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	1	4
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	67	64
First serve points won %	77	62
Second serve points won %	53	30
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	69	51
Return points won %	49	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	26	31
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	2
Ranking points (entering)	6,105	9,535
Elo (entering)	2,338	2,303
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 18 – 10 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2013	R16	Ernests Gulbis	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2013	R32	Leonardo Mayer	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2013	R64	Ryan Harrison	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2013	SF	Tomas Berdych	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2013	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-3 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2013	R32	Ivan Dodig	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2013	R64	Denis Istomin	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data