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Dinara Safina #15 def. Zi Yan #64

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 2008*
Tournament	Doha
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Zi Yan

Stat	Dinara Safina	Zi Yan
Aces	0	0
Double faults	0	7
First serve %	73	55
First serve points won %	61	31
Second serve points won %	58	42
Break points saved %	67	59
Break points converted %	41	33
Service points won %	60	36
Return points won %	64	40
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Zi Yan
Country	RUS	HKG
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	—
Age	21	—
Height	182	171
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	15	64
Ranking points (entering)	1,602	484
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,572
Career W-L	299–160	34–57
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$1,977,871

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 1 – 0 Zi Yan

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2008	R64	Katarina Srebotnik	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2008	R16	Vera Zvonareva	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Zi Yan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2008	R64	Vera Dushevina	6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data