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Aryna Sabalenka #63 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #18

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 10, 2018*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Aryna Sabalenka	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	63	79
First serve points won %	72	56
Second serve points won %	52	45
Break points saved %	60	33
Break points converted %	67	40
Service points won %	65	54
Return points won %	46	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aryna Sabalenka	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	May 5, 1998	Jun 27, 1985
Age	19	32
Height	182	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	63	18
Ranking points (entering)	921	2,362
Elo (entering)	1,709	1,826
Career W-L	399–138	580–319
Career earnings	$50,259,447	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Aryna Sabalenka 0 – 0 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2018	R128	Varvara Lepchenko	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Marketa Vondrousova	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.