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Flavia Pennetta #21 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #49

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 16, 2011*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Flavia Pennetta
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Flavia Pennetta	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	2	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	75	65
First serve points won %	65	49
Second serve points won %	60	40
Break points saved %	89	44
Break points converted %	56	11
Service points won %	64	46
Return points won %	54	36
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Flavia Pennetta	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	ITA	BUL
Birth date	Feb 25, 1982	Sep 13, 1987
Age	29	23
Height	172	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	49
Ranking points (entering)	2,210	1,151
Elo (entering)	1,782	1,658
Career W-L	418–272	169–222
Career earnings	$14,197,886	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Flavia Pennetta 1 – 0 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2011	R16	Mathilde Johansson	4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2011	R32	Anastasia Grymalska	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2011	SF	Polona Hercog	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2011	R16	Sorana Cirstea	2-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2011	R32	Anna Tatishvili	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data