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Dinara Safina #17 def. Victoria Azarenka #26

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2008*
Tournament	Berlin
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Dinara Safina	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	7	2
Double faults	7	4
First serve %	70	61
First serve points won %	73	59
Second serve points won %	26	18
Break points saved %	75	58
Break points converted %	42	25
Service points won %	59	43
Return points won %	57	41
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Victoria Azarenka
Country	RUS	BLR
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jul 31, 1989
Age	22	18
Height	182	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	26
Ranking points (entering)	1,412	1,044
Elo (entering)	1,878	1,859
Career W-L	299–160	575–266
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 0 – 0 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	QF	Serena Williams	2-6 6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Justine Henin	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	Kaia Kanepi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2008	R64	Julia Goerges	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2008	F	Elena Dementieva	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	QF	Alona Bondarenko	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Gisela Dulko	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	Anna Chakvetadze	1-6 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2008	R64	Casey Dellacqua	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data