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Dinara Safina #8 def. Victoria Azarenka #16

6-0 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 2, 2008*
Tournament	Montreal
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-0 2-6 6-3
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Dinara Safina	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	6	1
Double faults	8	2
First serve %	59	72
First serve points won %	68	50
Second serve points won %	39	53
Break points saved %	33	25
Break points converted %	75	67
Service points won %	56	51
Return points won %	49	44
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Victoria Azarenka
Country	RUS	BLR
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jul 31, 1989
Age	22	19
Height	182	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	16
Ranking points (entering)	2,522	1,455
Elo (entering)	2,035	1,871
Career W-L	299–160	575–266
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 2 – 0 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Patty Schnyder	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Anastasia Rodionova	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2008	F	Dominika Cibulkova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Tamira Paszek	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Virginie Razzano	7-6(4) 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Sybille Bammer	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2008	R64	Jamea Jackson	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data