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Na Li #9 def. Venus Williams #64

7-5 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2012*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Na Li
Score	7-5 3-6 6-1
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Na Li	Venus Williams
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	8
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	64	63
Second serve points won %	55	42
Break points saved %	57	55
Break points converted %	45	43
Service points won %	61	54
Return points won %	46	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Na Li	Venus Williams
Country	CHN	USA
Birth date	Feb 26, 1982	Jun 17, 1980
Age	30	32
Height	172	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	64
Ranking points (entering)	3,795	975
Elo (entering)	1,998	2,003
Career W-L	334–155	768–288
Career earnings	$16,709,074	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Na Li 1 – 0 Venus Williams

Path

Na Li's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2012	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2012	R16	Johanna Larsson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2012	R32	Sorana Cirstea	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Na Li's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2012	F	Angelique Kerber	1-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2012	QF	Samantha Stosur	6-2 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2012	R16	Sara Errani	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2012	R32	Chanelle Scheepers	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2012	R64	Maria Kirilenko	6-3 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data