I got to back the player, who probably played the best tennis in Indian Wells so far. As I rate this as a 70-30 game in favor of Gasquet, these odds got to be taken.

The French showed here some really great stuff, with first-class serves and phenomenal backhand shots, it is obviously, that he likes to play on this (slow) surface. So Söderling and Chela were really helpless, Gasquet dominated them all the way. With such display he will be a real threat to the big 3 (Fed, Nole, Rafa).

Blake played a good game, although he lost a set, against Gicquel. Then he had an easy game against Moya, cause the Spaniard made horrible errors and played pretty bad. So, if he wants to win today against Richard, he got to play his best tennis.

Both players had 3 losses so far in 2008, Gasquet vs. Tsonga in Melbourne, vs. Söderling in Marseille and vs. Andreev in Doha, Blake vs. Federer in Melbourne, vs. Nishikori in Delray Beach and vs. Ginepri in San Jose.

H2H is 2-0 for Gasquet: 6-3, 6-4 in Toronto (hard) in Aug. 2006; 6-4, 6-4 in Paris (carpet) in Nov. 2007

This pick is based on actual form, so I´m going here with the Frenchman.

Pick : Gasquet -2,5 games
Odds : 2.00
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : 5dimes
Date : 2008-03-19
Match Result : Blake 6-4,6-2
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