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Serena Williams #8 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #472

4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2020*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Serena Williams	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	20	4
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	66	59
First serve points won %	74	67
Second serve points won %	48	47
Break points saved %	60	56
Break points converted %	44	40
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	USA	BUL
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Sep 13, 1987
Age	38	32
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	472
Ranking points (entering)	4,080	70
Elo (entering)	2,030	1,723
Career W-L	825–170	169–222
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 4 – 0 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2020	R16	Maria Sakkari	6-3 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2020	R32	Sloane Stephens	2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2020	R64	Margarita Gasparyan	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2020	R128	Kristie Ahn	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2020	SF	Victoria Azarenka	6-1 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2020	R16	Alizé Cornet	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2020	R32	Donna Vekic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2020	R64	Garbiñe Muguruza	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2020	R128	Liudmila Samsonova	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data