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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Rafael Nadal #1

4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 2011*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	4	2
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	62	42
First serve points won %	75	69
Second serve points won %	53	57
Break points saved %	67	38
Break points converted %	62	33
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	23	24
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	7,800	12,390
Elo (entering)	2,320	2,259
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 7 – 14 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2011	SF	Roger Federer	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2011	QF	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2011	R16	Viktor Troicki	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2011	R32	Ernests Gulbis	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2011	R64	Andrey Golubev	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2011	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2011	QF	Ivo Karlovic	5-7 6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2011	R16	Somdev Devvarman	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2011	R32	Ryan Sweeting	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2011	R64	Rik De Voest	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data