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Tsvetana Pironkova #64 def. Victoria Azarenka #19

6-2 1-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 16, 2008*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Tsvetana Pironkova
Score	6-2 1-0 (ret.)
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Tsvetana Pironkova	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	76	55
First serve points won %	55	50
Second serve points won %	56	31
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	55	41
Return points won %	59	45
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tsvetana Pironkova	Victoria Azarenka
Country	BUL	BLR
Birth date	Sep 13, 1987	Jul 31, 1989
Age	20	18
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	64	19
Ranking points (entering)	464	1,189
Elo (entering)	1,655	1,858
Career W-L	169–222	575–266
Career earnings	$5,321,439	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Tsvetana Pironkova 0 – 0 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2008	R32	Ana Ivanovic	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R64	Klara Koukalova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	QF	Anna Chakvetadze	2-6 6-3 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2008	R32	Monica Niculescu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R64	Sybille Bammer	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data