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Mardy Fish #98 def. David Nalbandian #7

6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 2008*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Mardy Fish
Score	6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(4)
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Mardy Fish	David Nalbandian
Aces	23	7
Double faults	4	8
First serve %	55	55
First serve points won %	77	74
Second serve points won %	55	45
Break points saved %	62	75
Break points converted %	25	38
Service points won %	67	60
Return points won %	40	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mardy Fish	David Nalbandian
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 9, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	26	26
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	98	7
Ranking points (entering)	445	2,050
Elo (entering)	1,833	2,032
Career W-L	290–211	356–185
Career earnings	$7,460,641	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Mardy Fish 1 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Mardy Fish's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2008	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	7-5 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2008	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2008	R64	Igor Andreev	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2008	R128	Florian Mayer	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mardy Fish's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2008	SF	Roger Federer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2008	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	7-6(1) 0-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2008	R64	Ernests Gulbis	6-4 4-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data