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Paula Badosa #27 def. Angelique Kerber #15

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2021*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Paula Badosa
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Angelique Kerber

Stat	Paula Badosa	Angelique Kerber
Aces	2	0
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	71	57
First serve points won %	60	56
Second serve points won %	50	46
Break points saved %	40	29
Break points converted %	71	60
Service points won %	57	52
Return points won %	48	43
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paula Badosa	Angelique Kerber
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Nov 15, 1997	Jan 18, 1988
Age	23	33
Height	180	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	15
Ranking points (entering)	2,298	3,105
Elo (entering)	1,913	1,951
Career W-L	171–112	461–270
Career earnings	$9,796,553	$32,545,460

Pre-match H2H

Paula Badosa 0 – 0 Angelique Kerber

Path

Paula Badosa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2021	R16	Barbora Krejcikova	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2021	R32	Coco Gauff	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2021	R64	Dayana Yastremska	6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paula Badosa's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2021	SF	Ons Jabeur	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Angelique Kerber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2021	R16	Ajla Tomljanovic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2021	R32	Daria Kasatkina	6-2 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2021	R64	Katerina Siniakova	6-1 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data