Ai Sugiyama vs Zi Yan — Beijing Round of 32

Beijing · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 September 2008
hard
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Sugiyama A.
6-3 6-4
Yan Z.
Sugiyama A.
662
Yan Z.
34–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Zi Yan 6-3 6-4 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Zi Yan came in defending last year's round of 32, but Ai Sugiyama had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 8 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Ai Sugiyama closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Yan Z.

Yan Z.serving58% hold

wins 53% 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
Sugiyama A.Yan Z.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Even
54%
51%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Even
0.9
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.2
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (67 vs 22). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
28°COvercast
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 49%

Draw

Final
Jankovic J.
Kuznetsova S.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Zheng J.
7-637-5
Jankovic J.
Zvonareva V.
6-42-66-4
Quarter-finals
Zheng J.
Ivanovic A.
7-642-66-4
Kuznetsova S.
Cibulkova D.
6-26-4
Jankovic J.
Hantuchova D.
7-56-1
Zvonareva V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-06-1
R16
Ivanovic A.
Cornet A.
6-17-61
Cibulkova D.
Chakvetadze A.
6-36-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Szavay A.
6-26-2
Zvonareva V.
Schiavone F.
7-656-2
Hantuchova D.
Tanasugarn T.
6-10-67-5
Jankovic J.
Wozniak A.
6-37-5
Kuznetsova S.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-26-3
Zheng J.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-2
R32
Medina Garrigues A.
Wozniacki C.
7-636-4
Szavay A.
Shvedova Y.
6-46-3
Tanasugarn T.
Srebotnik K.
6-47-5
Cibulkova D.
Mauresmo A.
3-66-46-3
Kudryavtseva A.
Peng S.
7-56-4
Zheng J.
Radwanska A.
6-26-3
Sugiyama A.
Yan Z.
6-36-4
Cornet A.
Zhang S.
6-13-67-67
Wozniak A.
Razzano V.
6-737-56-4
Schiavone F.
Li N.
6-17-64
Hantuchova D.
Dulko G.
6-36-1
Chakvetadze A.
Benesova I.
6-47-5