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Na Li #20 def. Maria Sharapova #73

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 13, 2009*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Na Li
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Na Li	Maria Sharapova
Aces	1	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	56	74
First serve points won %	62	53
Second serve points won %	52	41
Break points saved %	0	40
Break points converted %	60	100
Service points won %	58	50
Return points won %	50	42
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Na Li	Maria Sharapova
Country	CHN	RUS
Birth date	Feb 26, 1982	Apr 19, 1987
Age	27	22
Height	172	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	73
Ranking points (entering)	2,114	860
Elo (entering)	1,899	2,072
Career W-L	334–155	596–174
Career earnings	$16,709,074	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Na Li 0 – 5 Maria Sharapova

Path

Na Li's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2009	QF	Stefanie Voegele	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2009	R16	Aravane Rezai	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2009	R32	Jarmila Wolfe	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Na Li's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2009	F	Magdalena Rybarikova	0-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2009	QF	Yanina Wickmayer	6-1 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2009	R16	Francesca Schiavone	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2009	R32	Alexa Glatch	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2009	R64	Stéphanie Dubois	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data