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James Blake #8 def. Nikolay Davydenko #5

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2007*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	James Blake	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	59	79
First serve points won %	72	51
Second serve points won %	40	42
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	59	49
Return points won %	51	41
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jun 2, 1981
Age	27	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,995	3,195
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,902
Career W-L	345–235	467–324
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 5 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2007	QF	Sam Querrey	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2007	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2007	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2007	R64	Alejandro Falla	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2007	F	Roger Federer	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2007	QF	David Ferrer	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2007	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2007	R32	Robby Ginepri	6-2 6-7(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data