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Serena Williams #1 def. Victoria Azarenka #7

4-6 7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	17	1
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	50	77
First serve points won %	67	57
Second serve points won %	47	50
Break points saved %	62	54
Break points converted %	46	38
Service points won %	57	55
Return points won %	45	43
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka
Country	USA	BLR
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 31, 1989
Age	28	20
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	9,195	4,740
Elo (entering)	2,113	1,975
Career W-L	825–170	575–266
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 3 – 1 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Petra Kvitova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Urszula Radwanska	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2010	SF	Na Li	7-6(4) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Vera Zvonareva	4-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Tathiana Garbin	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Stefanie Voegele	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data