James Blake vs Yen Hsun Lu — Indianapolis Quarter-final

Indianapolis · ATP · Quarter-final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 July 2008
hard
TPE
Yen Hsun Lu
42 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Blake J.
6-2 6-0
Lu Y.
Blake J.
662
Lu Y.
20–

James Blake defeated Yen Hsun Lu 6-2 6-0 in the Indianapolis quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — James Blake came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Lu Y.

Lu Y.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Blake J.Lu Y.
1st serve in·Even
57%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Even
64%
66%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.0
5.2
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Lu Y.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
54
34
Break points saved·Even
88
88
Break points won·Clear edge
51
29
Deciding sets·Clear edge
54
33
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
55
32

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Draw

Final
Simon G.
Tursunov D.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Tursunov D.
Blake J.
4-66-36-4
Simon G.
Querrey S.
6-34-66-4
Quarter-finals
Querrey S.
Reynolds B.
6-13-66-3
Blake J.
Lu Y.
6-26-0
Tursunov D.
Capdeville P.
3-66-36-1
Simon G.
Haas T.
4-66-46-2
R16
Simon G.
Becker B.
7-53-66-0
Querrey S.
Spadea V.
4-66-36-4
Reynolds B.
Falla A.
6-16-1
Capdeville P.
Sirianni J.
6-36-4
Lu Y.
Ram R.
6-17-61
Haas T.
Isner J.
6-36-4
Tursunov D.
Odesnik W.
W/O
Blake J.
Jun W.
6-37-5
R32
Lu Y.
Oneal J.
7-627-612
Sirianni J.
Ledovskikh M.
6-31-2
Simon G.
Mahut N.
6-23-66-3
Becker B.
Pless K.
6-36-4
Isner J.
Kendrick R.
7-56-4
Haas T.
Levine J.
7-646-2
Querrey S.
Soeda G.
6-46-4
Spadea V.
Young D.
6-26-4
Reynolds B.
Dancevic F.
6-766-36-2
Falla A.
Bellucci T.
3-66-46-1
Capdeville P.
Ginepri R.
6-46-2
Odesnik W.
Qureshi A.
6-47-5
Tursunov D.
Kunitsyn I.
6-37-5
Jun W.
Guccione C.
6-47-64
Blake J.
Sela D.
7-626-2
Ram R.
Santoro F.
7-666-4