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Maria Sharapova #13 def. Alexandra Dulgheru #28

3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 2011*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(5)
Loser	Alexandra Dulgheru

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Alexandra Dulgheru
Aces	2	0
Double faults	17	4
First serve %	70	71
First serve points won %	56	53
Second serve points won %	31	33
Break points saved %	47	58
Break points converted %	42	53
Service points won %	48	47
Return points won %	53	52
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Alexandra Dulgheru
Country	RUS	ROU
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	May 30, 1989
Age	23	21
Height	188	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	28
Ranking points (entering)	3,026	1,955
Elo (entering)	1,994	1,692
Career W-L	596–174	81–106
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$2,329,967

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 0 – 0 Alexandra Dulgheru

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2011	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2011	R32	Sabine Lisicki	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2011	R64	Petra Martic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2011	SF	Andrea Petkovic	3-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexandra Dulgheru's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2011	R16	Shuai Peng	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2011	R32	Johanna Larsson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2011	R64	Chanelle Scheepers	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data