Sara Errani vs Maria Sara Popa — Bucharest 125 Round of 16

Bucharest 125 · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
ITA
Sara Errani
39 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 September 2023
clay
ROU
Maria Sara Popa
#427WTA
1412ELO
1395Clay ELO
20 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWWLWL
Errani S.
6-4 6-1
Popa M.
Errani S.
662
Popa M.
41–

Sara Errani defeated Maria Sara Popa 6-4 6-1 in the Bucharest 125 round of 16 on clay. The result followed the form book — Sara Errani came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Errani S.serving30% hold

wins 42% of points on serve vs Popa M.

Popa M.serving33% hold

wins 43% of points on serve vs Errani S.

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
Errani S.Popa M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
78%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
54%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
41%
Service points won·Even
52%
53%
Return points won·Even
47%
47%
Break points saved·Even
47%
51%
Aces / match·Even
0.4
0.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.5
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (110 vs 73). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Errani S.Popa M.
Freshness·
—
82

Popa M.: 2 days rest · 1 match, 19 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Final
Sharma A.
Errani S.
0-67-56-2
Semi-finals
Sharma A.
Cristian J.
6-22-66-2
Errani S.
Semenistaja D.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Semenistaja D.
Todoni A.
7-636-4
Sharma A.
Bondar A.
4-66-37-5
Cristian J.
Carle M.
7-646-4
Errani S.
Noha Akugue N.
7-56-2
R16
Sharma A.
Bogdan A.
6-727-637-5
Bondar A.
Benoit M.
6-16-2
Cristian J.
Mitu C.
6-16-2
Carle M.
Bouzas Maneiro J.
6-36-1
Noha Akugue N.
Amariei I.
7-646-1
Errani S.
Popa M.
6-46-1
Semenistaja D.
Bara I.
7-52-67-66
Todoni A.
Tomova V.
4-66-46-1
R32
Carle M.
Tig P.
4-66-26-2
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-35-76-3
Noha Akugue N.
Zavatska K.
6-36-4
Bogdan A.
Brancaccio N.
5-77-56-3
Sharma A.
In Albon Y.
6-26-1
Benoit M.
Paquet C.
3-66-26-4
Bondar A.
Grammatikopoulou V.
6-32-66-4
Cristian J.
Sun L.
6-16-3
Mitu C.
Martinez Cirez C.
6-16-3
Amariei I.
Burillo Escorihuela I.
6-46-4
Popa M.
Fetecau I.
6-17-68
Errani S.
Lamens S.
6-06-2
Semenistaja D.
Cengiz B.
6-26-2
Bara I.
Rosatello C.
7-56-1
Todoni A.
Monnet C.
6-36-0
Tomova V.
Astakhova D.
6-16-2