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James Blake #9 def. Richard Gasquet #8

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 2008*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Richard Gasquet
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	James Blake	Richard Gasquet
Aces	5	5
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	48	66
First serve points won %	83	65
Second serve points won %	62	32
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	72	54
Return points won %	46	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Richard Gasquet
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jun 18, 1986
Age	28	21
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,710	1,885
Elo (entering)	1,931	1,913
Career W-L	345–235	596–406
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$21,504,662

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 2 Richard Gasquet

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2008	R32	Carlos Moya	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2008	R64	Marc Gicquel	6-3 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2008	QF	Rafael Nadal	5-7 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2008	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2008	R64	Robin Soderling	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data