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Dinara Safina #21 def. Meng Yuan #111

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Meng Yuan

Stat	Dinara Safina	Meng Yuan
Aces	0	3
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	80	71
First serve points won %	58	53
Second serve points won %	69	29
Break points saved %	89	38
Break points converted %	62	11
Service points won %	60	46
Return points won %	54	40
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Meng Yuan
Country	RUS	CHN
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	—
Age	19	—
Height	182	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	21	111
Ranking points (entering)	873	253
Elo (entering)	1,859	1,576
Career W-L	299–160	17–38
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$398,170

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 0 – 0 Meng Yuan

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Samantha Stosur	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2006	R16	Anastasia Myskina	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Meng Yuan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Catalina Castano	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2006	R128	Akiko Morigami	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data