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Nicolas Almagro #40 def. James Blake #52

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2010*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	James Blake
Aces	19	2
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	58	52
First serve points won %	77	72
Second serve points won %	59	60
Break points saved %	83	60
Break points converted %	40	17
Service points won %	70	66
Return points won %	34	30
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	James Blake
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Dec 28, 1979
Age	24	30
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	52
Ranking points (entering)	960	835
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,884
Career W-L	385–272	345–235
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 0 – 1 James Blake

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2010	R64	Ivo Karlovic	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2010	R128	Mischa Zverev	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2010	R16	Andy Murray	2-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2010	R64	David Ferrer	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2010	R128	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data