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Na Li #17 def. Venus Williams #6

2-6 7-6(4) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Na Li
Score	2-6 7-6(4) 7-5
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Na Li	Venus Williams
Aces	1	5
Double faults	5	11
First serve %	59	56
First serve points won %	51	61
Second serve points won %	36	33
Break points saved %	44	47
Break points converted %	53	56
Service points won %	45	49
Return points won %	51	55
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Na Li	Venus Williams
Country	CHN	USA
Birth date	Feb 26, 1982	Jun 17, 1980
Age	27	29
Height	172	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,600	5,126
Elo (entering)	1,928	2,006
Career W-L	334–155	768–288
Career earnings	$16,709,074	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Na Li 0 – 0 Venus Williams

Path

Na Li's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Agnes Szavay	3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Marina Erakovic	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Na Li's next match

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

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Francesca Schiavone	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Casey Dellacqua	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Sybille Bammer	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Lucie Safarova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data