Dinara Safina vs Na Li — Madrid Round of 32

Madrid · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2009
clay
CHN
Na Li
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWLWW
Safina D.
6-3 7-6
Li N.
Safina D.
6772
Li N.
362–

Dinara Safina defeated Na Li 6-3 7-6 in the Madrid round of 32 on clay. 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

  • Match story: Dinara Safina closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-08-11OlympicsSFhardDinara Safina7-6(3) 7-5
2007-01-15Australian OpenR32hardNa Li6-2 6-2
2005-04-25EstorilSFclayNa Li6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Li N.

Li N.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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
65%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
49%
Service points won·Even
57%
59%
Return points won·Even
47%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
59%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (112 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Li N.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
72
82
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
89
Break points won·Clear edge
84
96
Deciding sets·Even
79
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
Weather
20°CMainly clear
Wind 18 km/hHumidity 45%

Draw

Final
Safina D.
Wozniacki C.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Safina D.
Schnyder P.
6-46-2
Wozniacki C.
Mauresmo A.
7-616-3
Quarter-finals
Safina D.
Bondarenko A.
6-46-3
Mauresmo A.
Szavay A.
5-76-16-1
Wozniacki C.
Dushevina V.
6-06-4
Schnyder P.
Jankovic J.
7-666-3
R16
Bondarenko A.
Chakvetadze A.
6-02-66-3
Safina D.
Safarova L.
6-04-66-3
Wozniacki C.
Kleybanova A.
6-26-2
Mauresmo A.
Dementieva E.
1-66-46-2
Szavay A.
Azarenka V.
4-66-26-2
Schnyder P.
Petrova N.
6-46-727-65
Jankovic J.
Vesnina E.
6-26-2
Dushevina V.
Schiavone F.
6-34-66-2
R32
Szavay A.
Rezai A.
2-67-56-2
Safarova L.
Keothavong A.
6-17-5
Chakvetadze A.
Stosur S.
1-66-27-64
Bondarenko A.
Kuznetsova S.
6-36-2
Jankovic J.
Hantuchova D.
7-56-2
Schnyder P.
Wozniak A.
6-26-4
Petrova N.
Groenefeld A.
4-67-637-65
Azarenka V.
Peng S.
6-46-1
Schiavone F.
Kvitova P.
6-46-2
Dushevina V.
Vinci R.
4-66-16-4
Wozniacki C.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-1
Kleybanova A.
Williams V.
6-33-67-5
Dementieva E.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-36-2
Mauresmo A.
Zheng J.
6-27-5
Vesnina E.
Razzano V.
7-56-3
Safina D.
Li N.
6-37-62
R64
Petrova N.
Benesova I.
6-02-1
Groenefeld A.
Niculescu M.
6-16-0
Safarova L.
Kanepi K.
6-22-3
Wozniacki C.
Peer S.
5-4
Kvitova P.
Bammer S.
4-1
Schiavone F.
Williams S.
6-40-0
Lepchenko V.
Rybarikova M.
7-6125-76-1
Kleybanova A.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-36-4
Dementieva E.
Mattek Sands B.
6-46-1
Dominguez Lino L.
Amanmuradova A.
7-656-4
Mauresmo A.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-4
Zheng J.
Kirilenko M.
6-46-4
Szavay A.
Pennetta F.
6-36-726-2
Rezai A.
Pironkova T.
6-36-4
Peng S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-17-62
Schnyder P.
Errani S.
6-26-3
Wozniak A.
Bartoli M.
7-626-2
Vesnina E.
Cornet A.
7-56-1
Razzano V.
Tanasugarn T.
6-04-66-3
Hantuchova D.
Dulko G.
7-676-1
Jankovic J.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-26-1
Bondarenko A.
Cirstea S.
6-26-2
Chakvetadze A.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-46-3
Stosur S.
Radwanska A.
7-646-1
Keothavong A.
Duque Marino M.
6-37-64
Li N.
Suarez Navarro C.
5-76-17-5
Dushevina V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-36-4
Vinci R.
Martinez Sanchez M.
4-66-26-4