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Roger Federer #3 def. Juan Martin del Potro #9

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	13	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	56	62
First serve points won %	80	65
Second serve points won %	59	57
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	71	62
Return points won %	38	29
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 23, 1988
Age	30	23
Height	185	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	9
Ranking points (entering)	8,710	2,840
Elo (entering)	2,360	2,159
Career W-L	1,206–267	416–172
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 10 – 2 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Milos Raonic	6-7(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Denis Kudla	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

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

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Denis Istomin	7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Marinko Matosevic	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data