Kurumi Nara vs Elena Bovina — Kuala Lumpur Round of 32

Kuala Lumpur · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Kurumi Nara
34 yrs · 155 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 February 2011
hard
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Nara K.
6-3 6-3
Bovina E.
Nara K.
662
Bovina E.
33–

Kurumi Nara defeated Elena Bovina 6-3 6-3 in the Kuala Lumpur round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Bovina came in defending last year's round of 32, but Kurumi Nara had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 8 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nara K.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Bovina E.

Bovina E.serving54% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Nara K.

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
Nara K.Bovina E.
1st serve in·Even
69%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
53%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
39%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
49%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
43%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.6
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.2
4.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dokic J.
Safarova L.
2-67-696-4
Semi-finals
Dokic J.
Krajicek M.
6-26-3
Safarova L.
Gajdosova J.
6-23-66-3
Quarter-finals
Krajicek M.
Kremer A.
6-26-3
Dokic J.
Jovanovski B.
7-646-2
Gajdosova J.
Morita A.
7-53-67-5
Safarova L.
Bartoli M.
6-16-4
R16
Gajdosova J.
Doi M.
7-666-3
Dokic J.
Nara K.
3-67-666-2
Jovanovski B.
Radwanska U.
1-67-56-4
Kremer A.
Lertcheewakarn N.
7-646-3
Krajicek M.
Kleybanova A.
3-66-46-3
Bartoli M.
Ivanova E.
6-26-1
Safarova L.
Safina D.
6-34-66-3
Morita A.
Zhang S.
6-06-4
R32
Dokic J.
Schiavone F.
2-67-616-4
Krajicek M.
Maria T.
6-36-2
Bartoli M.
Camerin M.
6-06-1
Jovanovski B.
Tanasugarn T.
6-06-1
Nara K.
Bovina E.
6-36-3
Radwanska U.
Namigata J.
6-16-3
Kleybanova A.
Lu J.
6-16-1
Lertcheewakarn N.
Brianti A.
6-42-66-2
Kremer A.
Date Krumm K.
4-66-27-65
Morita A.
Kustova D.
6-26-0
Zhang S.
Chang K.
6-46-736-4
Doi M.
Luzhanska T.
6-26-3
Gajdosova J.
Sun S.
7-626-3
Safarova L.
Diyas Z.
7-56-1
Safina D.
Han X.
6-26-0
Ivanova E.
Bratchikova N.
6-34-66-4