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Sara Errani #48 def. Sorana Cirstea #59

6-7(6) 6-0 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Sara Errani
Score	6-7(6) 6-0 6-2
Loser	Sorana Cirstea

Stat	Sara Errani	Sorana Cirstea
Aces	0	1
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	67	49
First serve points won %	64	56
Second serve points won %	45	34
Break points saved %	64	40
Break points converted %	60	36
Service points won %	58	45
Return points won %	55	42
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sara Errani	Sorana Cirstea
Country	ITA	ROU
Birth date	Apr 29, 1987	Apr 7, 1990
Age	24	21
Height	164	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	59
Ranking points (entering)	1,190	1,031
Elo (entering)	1,723	1,662
Career W-L	384–299	373–343
Career earnings	$17,994,211	$12,527,864

Pre-match H2H

Sara Errani 2 – 1 Sorana Cirstea

Path

Sara Errani's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Nadia Petrova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Valeria Savinykh	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Sara Errani's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2012	R16	Jie Zheng	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Sorana Cirstea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Urszula Radwanska	1-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Samantha Stosur	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data