Dinara Safina vs Na Li — Olympics Semi-final

Olympics · WTA · Semi-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2008
hard
CHN
Na Li
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWLWW
Safina D.
7-6 7-5
Li N.
Safina D.
7772
Li N.
635–

Dinara Safina defeated Na Li 7-6 7-5 in the Olympics semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Na Li came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Dinara Safina narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-05-11MadridR32clayDinara Safina6-3 7-6(2)
2007-01-15Australian OpenR32hardNa Li6-2 6-2
2005-04-25EstorilSFclayNa Li6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Li N.

Li N.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Safina D.

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
Safina D.Li N.
1st serve in·Even
64%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
49%
Service points won·Even
58%
59%
Return points won·Even
47%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
59%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.9
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (175 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Li N.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
72
83
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
89
Break points won·Clear edge
84
96
Deciding sets·Slight edge
78
83
Tiebreaks·Even
77
75

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Safina D.
3-67-56-3
Bronze
Zvonareva V.
Li N.
6-07-5
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Zvonareva V.
6-37-63
Safina D.
Li N.
7-637-5
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Williams S.
3-66-46-3
Zvonareva V.
Bammer S.
6-33-66-3
Li N.
Williams V.
7-57-5
Safina D.
Jankovic J.
6-25-76-3
R16
Bammer S.
Safarova L.
7-56-4
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
7-646-4
Williams S.
Cornet A.
3-66-36-4
Li N.
Kanepi K.
4-66-26-0
Williams V.
Azarenka V.
6-36-2
Dementieva E.
Wozniacki C.
7-636-2
Jankovic J.
Cibulkova D.
7-56-1
Safina D.
Zheng J.
6-46-3
R32
Safina D.
Martinez Sanchez M.
7-636-1
Dementieva E.
Arvidsson S.
6-36-4
Williams V.
Benesova I.
6-16-4
Azarenka V.
Dellacqua C.
6-26-2
Bammer S.
Schnyder P.
6-46-4
Zvonareva V.
Peer S.
6-37-64
Kanepi K.
Razzano V.
6-47-5
Li N.
Morita A.
6-27-5
Zheng J.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-776-16-4
Jankovic J.
Bondarenko A.
7-56-1
Cibulkova D.
Pironkova T.
6-26-2
Schiavone F.
Radwanska A.
6-37-66
Williams S.
Stosur S.
6-26-0
Safarova L.
Koryttseva M.
2-66-17-5
Cornet A.
Peng S.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.
Hantuchova D.
6-16-3
R64
Benesova I.
Mirza S.
6-12-1
Bondarenko A.
Sequera M.
3-60-1
Dellacqua C.
Dulko G.
6-36-4
Kanepi K.
Pennetta F.
6-27-66
Jankovic J.
Black C.
6-36-3
Pironkova T.
Domachowska M.
6-36-4
Koryttseva M.
Obziler T.
5-77-56-4
Safarova L.
Ani M.
6-46-2
Bammer S.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-24-66-4
Schnyder P.
Craybas J.
6-36-2
Zvonareva V.
Yan Z.
6-26-0
Peer S.
Cirstea S.
6-35-76-0
Schiavone F.
Amanmuradova A.
6-46-2
Radwanska A.
Chan Y.
6-17-66
Williams S.
Govortsova O.
6-36-1
Stosur S.
Errani S.
6-36-2
Peng S.
Suarez Navarro C.
7-57-62
Cornet A.
Vaidisova N.
4-66-16-4
Hantuchova D.
Sugiyama A.
6-27-5
Wozniacki C.
Sfar S.
6-46-1
Arvidsson S.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-1
Dementieva E.
Bondarenko K.
6-16-4
Williams V.
Bacsinszky T.
6-36-2
Azarenka V.
Perebiynis T.
6-45-76-4
Razzano V.
Daniilidou E.
6-36-3
Morita A.
Erakovic M.
5-77-676-4
Li N.
Kuznetsova S.
7-656-4
Safina D.
Santangelo M.
6-37-61
Martinez Sanchez M.
Molik A.
6-16-1
Llagostera Vives N.
Koukalova K.
2-66-37-5
Zheng J.
Szavay A.
4-66-37-5
Cibulkova D.
Parmentier P.
6-17-5