Ai Sugiyama vs Anastasia YakimovaMiami Round of 64

Miami · WTA · Round of 64
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 March 2007
hard
39 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
6-4 6-0
Yakimova A.
Sugiyama A.
662
Yakimova A.
40

Ai Sugiyama defeated Anastasia Yakimova 6-4 6-0 in the Miami round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Anastasia Yakimova came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 64, but Ai Sugiyama had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 5 on hard. Ai Sugiyama claimed a first win over Anastasia Yakimova in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

01
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-01-15Australian OpenR64hardAnastasia Yakimova6-2 2-6 10-8

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Yakimova A.

Yakimova A.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Sugiyama 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
1st serve in·Even
63%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
40%
Service points won·Even
54%
50%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
48%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
0.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.4
4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (104 vs 57). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 46%

Draw