Anastasia Myskina vs Elena Bovina — Linz Round of 16

Linz · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2003
hard
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Myskina A.
6-4 3-6 6-2
Bovina E.
Myskina A.
6362
Bovina E.
4621

Anastasia Myskina defeated Elena Bovina 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the Linz round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Bovina came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, but Anastasia Myskina had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 9 on hard. Anastasia Myskina claimed a first win over Elena Bovina in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-10-06FilderstadtR16hardElena Bovina6-2 6-3
2003-01-06SydneyR32hardElena Bovina6-3 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Myskina A.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Bovina E.

Bovina E.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Myskina A.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Myskina A.Bovina E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
61%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
40%
Service points won·Even
55%
54%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
49%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.9
2.6
Double faults / match·Even
3.6
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (75 vs 41). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
8°COvercast
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 69%

Draw

Final
Sugiyama A.
Petrova N.
7-56-4
Semi-finals
Petrova N.
Schnyder P.
6-26-2
Sugiyama A.
Zvonareva V.
6-33-66-4
Quarter-finals
Schnyder P.
Myskina A.
6-16-1
Petrova N.
Suarez P.
4-66-46-3
Zvonareva V.
Smashnova A.
6-23-67-5
Sugiyama A.
Dokic J.
6-46-746-3
R16
Sugiyama A.
Pisnik T.
6-37-5
Schnyder P.
Chladkova D.
6-36-4
Petrova N.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
4-66-26-1
Myskina A.
Bovina E.
6-43-66-2
Suarez P.
Serna M.
7-56-3
Smashnova A.
Matevzic M.
6-36-4
Zvonareva V.
Bartoli M.
6-26-3
Dokic J.
Mandula P.
6-33-66-3
R32
Dokic J.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-1
Matevzic M.
Koukalova K.
6-11-66-4
Serna M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-47-5
Suarez P.
Sprem K.
6-36-4
Smashnova A.
Bammer S.
6-42-66-2
Bartoli M.
Jeyaseelan S.
6-44-67-64
Mandula P.
Schett B.
6-36-3
Pisnik T.
Stevenson A.
6-26-3
Bovina E.
Schiavone F.
7-676-4
Chladkova D.
Cervanova L.
6-35-76-0
Schnyder P.
Mikaelian M.
7-657-5
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Farina Elia S.
6-37-65