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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Kei Nishikori #6

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2016*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Aces	2	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	89	50
First serve points won %	63	70
Second serve points won %	50	37
Break points saved %	75	43
Break points converted %	57	25
Service points won %	61	54
Return points won %	46	39
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Country	ESP	JPN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 29, 1989
Age	29	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	6
Ranking points (entering)	4,810	3,980
Elo (entering)	2,170	2,160
Career W-L	1,045–225	424–226
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 7 – 1 Kei Nishikori

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2016	R16	Alexander Zverev	6-7(8) 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2016	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-0 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2016	R64	Gilles Muller	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2016	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2016	R16	John Isner	1-6 7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2016	R32	Steve Johnson	7-6(6) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2016	R64	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data