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Denis Istomin #67 def. Richard Gasquet #18

6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 2012*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Denis Istomin
Score	6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Richard Gasquet
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Denis Istomin	Richard Gasquet
Aces	8	9
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	50	59
First serve points won %	74	66
Second serve points won %	52	48
Break points saved %	71	62
Break points converted %	38	29
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Istomin	Richard Gasquet
Country	UZB	FRA
Birth date	Sep 7, 1986	Jun 18, 1986
Age	25	25
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	67	18
Ranking points (entering)	710	1,765
Elo (entering)	1,751	1,990
Career W-L	191–245	596–406
Career earnings	$6,339,469	$21,504,662

Pre-match H2H

Denis Istomin 0 – 2 Richard Gasquet

Path

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Ryan Sweeting	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Pablo Andujar	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2012	Q3	Adam Feeney	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q2	Jan Hajek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q1	Matt Reid	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	SF	Jarkko Nieminen	6-7(12) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Fabio Fognini	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data