Anastasia Myskina vs Elena Likhovtseva — Tokyo Quarter-final

Tokyo · WTA · Quarter-final
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 January 2006
hard
RUS
Elena Likhovtseva
50 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Myskina A.
4-6 6-2 6-3
Likhovtseva E.
Myskina A.
4662
Likhovtseva E.
6231

Anastasia Myskina defeated Elena Likhovtseva 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the Tokyo quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Anastasia Myskina came in leading the head-to-head 4–3. Anastasia Myskina extended the head-to-head to 5–3.

Key context

Head to head

4–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-08-29US OpenR32hardElena Likhovtseva0-6 6-3 7-6(6)
2004-10-11MoscowR16hardAnastasia Myskina2-6 6-1 6-0
2004-10-04FilderstadtQFhardAnastasia Myskina4-6 6-0 6-2
2004-08-02MontrealSFhardElena Likhovtseva6-3 5-7 6-4
2004-05-10RomeR32clayElena Likhovtseva7-5 1-6 6-3
2004-03-01DohaR16hardAnastasia Myskina6-1 3-6 6-1
2003-02-10DohaFhardAnastasia Myskina6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Myskina A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Likhovtseva E.

Likhovtseva E.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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.Likhovtseva E.
1st serve in·Even
62%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
53%
55%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Even
1.4
1.8
Double faults / match·Even
3.3
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (34 vs 52). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Myskina A.Likhovtseva E.
Clutch Rating·Even
45
48
Break points saved·Even
66
67
Break points won·Even
63
61
Deciding sets·Slight edge
58
63
Tiebreaks·
57
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
10°CMainly clear
Wind 2 km/hHumidity 66%

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Hingis M.
6-26-0
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Myskina A.
6-43-66-4
Hingis M.
Sharapova M.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Myskina A.
Likhovtseva E.
4-66-26-3
Dementieva E.
Vaidisova N.
3-66-16-2
Sharapova M.
Stosur S.
6-16-4
Hingis M.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-1
R16
Stosur S.
Hantuchova D.
7-656-2
Sharapova M.
Raymond L.
6-46-4
Vaidisova N.
Obata S.
6-46-4
Myskina A.
Koukalova K.
6-46-4
Hingis M.
Dechy N.
4-67-56-2
Kirilenko M.
Ivanovic A.
6-46-4
Dementieva E.
Srebotnik K.
2-66-17-5
Likhovtseva E.
Bartoli M.
6-27-5
R32
Vaidisova N.
Fujiwara R.
6-36-1
Koukalova K.
Zheng J.
7-57-62
Bartoli M.
Golovin T.
6-36-0
Likhovtseva E.
Asagoe S.
6-36-2
Ivanovic A.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-0
Kirilenko M.
Santangelo M.
6-46-1
Hingis M.
Cho Y.
6-06-0
Hantuchova D.
Jankovic J.
2-66-46-4
Stosur S.
Nakamura A.
6-16-3
Raymond L.
Tu M.
6-16-3
Obata S.
Peschke K.
6-26-1
Srebotnik K.
Craybas J.
7-686-3