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Bethanie Mattek-Sands #59 def. Meng Yuan #122

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 2008*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Meng Yuan

Stat	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Meng Yuan
Aces	—	0
Double faults	—	5
First serve %	—	67
First serve points won %	—	54
Second serve points won %	—	21
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	—	38
Service points won %	—	43
Return points won %	—	49
Total points won %	—	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Meng Yuan
Country	USA	CHN
Birth date	Mar 23, 1985	—
Age	23	—
Height	168	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	59	122
Ranking points (entering)	535	292
Elo (entering)	1,700	1,501
Career W-L	132–172	17–38
Career earnings	$8,913,872	$398,170

Pre-match H2H

Bethanie Mattek-Sands 1 – 0 Meng Yuan

Path

Bethanie Mattek-Sands's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Olga Govortsova	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Abigail Spears	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bethanie Mattek-Sands's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	SF	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Meng Yuan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Melanie South	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Sania Mirza	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Kateryna Volodko	2-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data