Ayumi Morita vs Arantxa Rus — Seoul Round of 32

Seoul · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ayumi Morita
36 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 September 2008
hard
Arantxa Rus
NED
Arantxa Rus
#183WTA
1511ELO
1503Hard ELO
35 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWLL
Morita A.
6-4 6-1
Rus A.
Morita A.
662
Rus A.
41–

Ayumi Morita defeated Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-1 in the Seoul round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ayumi Morita came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Morita A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Rus A.

Rus A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Morita 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
Morita A.Rus A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
71%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
51%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.9
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (189 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Morita A.Rus A.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
33
15
Break points saved·Slight edge
43
51
Break points won·Clear edge
70
86
Deciding sets·Dominant
44
16
Tiebreaks·Dominant
66
0

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

Freshness

Recent load
Morita A.Rus A.
Freshness·
—
100

Rus A.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kirilenko M.
Stosur S.
2-66-16-4
Semi-finals
Kirilenko M.
Kanepi K.
6-43-66-4
Stosur S.
Craybas J.
6-06-1
Quarter-finals
Craybas J.
Peer S.
6-27-5
Kirilenko M.
Parmentier P.
6-36-2
Stosur S.
Makarova K.
6-36-4
Kanepi K.
Wickmayer Y.
6-16-4
R16
Stosur S.
Lisicki S.
6-46-746-3
Makarova K.
Koukalova K.
6-36-2
Craybas J.
Amanmuradova A.
7-616-2
Peer S.
Morita A.
6-47-5
Kirilenko M.
Safarova L.
6-36-3
Parmentier P.
Dubois S.
6-36-2
Kanepi K.
Pivovarova A.
6-16-1
Wickmayer Y.
Chan Y.
6-37-62
R32
Safarova L.
South M.
6-13-0
Pivovarova A.
Lee Y.
6-756-35-3
Kirilenko M.
Wienerova L.
6-26-0
Dubois S.
Pin C.
6-43-67-5
Parmentier P.
Han S.
6-16-1
Kanepi K.
Fujiwara R.
6-26-756-0
Wickmayer Y.
Rybarikova M.
6-37-61
Chan Y.
Santangelo M.
1-66-36-4
Stosur S.
Erakovic M.
6-26-0
Lisicki S.
Dushevina V.
6-16-0
Makarova K.
Paszek T.
6-16-2
Koukalova K.
Suarez Navarro C.
6-16-736-4
Craybas J.
Yuan M.
6-06-0
Morita A.
Rus A.
6-46-1
Amanmuradova A.
Domachowska M.
6-716-36-3
Peer S.
Cetkovska P.
6-36-4