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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Roger Federer #2

6-3 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2011*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 3-6 6-2
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	3	1
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	67	56
First serve points won %	63	69
Second serve points won %	54	41
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	23	29
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	7,800	7,965
Elo (entering)	2,304	2,311
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 8 – 12 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2011	F	Rafael Nadal	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2011	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2011	R16	Ryan Harrison	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2011	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2011	R64	Igor Andreev	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data