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Maria Sharapova #2 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #95

6-4 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	May 25, 2007*
Tournament	Istanbul
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-4 7-6(1)
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	5	2
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	60	66
First serve points won %	66	64
Second serve points won %	58	39
Break points saved %	60	70
Break points converted %	30	40
Service points won %	63	55
Return points won %	45	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	RUS	BUL
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Sep 13, 1987
Age	20	19
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	95
Ranking points (entering)	3,388	321
Elo (entering)	2,158	1,566
Career W-L	596–174	169–222
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 0 – 0 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2007	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-2 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2007	R32	Olga Govortsova	6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data