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Elena Vesnina #72 def. Monica Niculescu #81

6-3 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 25, 2010*
Tournament	Tashkent
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Elena Vesnina
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4
Loser	Monica Niculescu

Stat	Elena Vesnina	Monica Niculescu
Aces	2	1
Double faults	6	0
First serve %	65	78
First serve points won %	73	60
Second serve points won %	50	44
Break points saved %	56	44
Break points converted %	56	44
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Vesnina	Monica Niculescu
Country	RUS	ROU
Birth date	Aug 1, 1986	Sep 25, 1987
Age	24	23
Height	176	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	72	81
Ranking points (entering)	885	801
Elo (entering)	1,711	1,583
Career W-L	262–260	176–213
Career earnings	$13,058,021	$7,136,898

Pre-match H2H

Elena Vesnina 0 – 0 Monica Niculescu

Path

Elena Vesnina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2010	QF	Darya Kustova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 2010	R16	Olga Savchuk	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 2010	R32	Lesia Tsurenko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Vesnina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2010	F	Alla Kudryavtseva	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Monica Niculescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2010	QF	Alexandra Dulgheru	7-6(5) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 2010	R16	Ekaterina Ivanova	0-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 2010	R32	Zarina Diyas	6-3 6-7(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data