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Svetlana Kuznetsova #4 def. Venus Williams #7

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 29, 2008*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Venus Williams
Aces	2	7
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	57	62
First serve points won %	72	73
Second serve points won %	55	39
Break points saved %	75	40
Break points converted %	60	25
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Venus Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Jun 17, 1980
Age	22	27
Height	174	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	7
Ranking points (entering)	3,750	2,771
Elo (entering)	2,049	2,004
Career W-L	580–319	768–288
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Shahar Peer	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Victoria Azarenka	1-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Yung Jan Chan	6-1 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	SF	Serena Williams	6-3 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Marina Erakovic	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Marta Domachowska	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data