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Lucie Safarova #37 def. Kurumi Nara #116

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2017*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Lucie Safarova
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Kurumi Nara

Stat	Lucie Safarova	Kurumi Nara
Aces	2	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	64	77
First serve points won %	78	48
Second serve points won %	56	50
Break points saved %	67	17
Break points converted %	83	33
Service points won %	70	48
Return points won %	52	30
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lucie Safarova	Kurumi Nara
Country	CZE	JPN
Birth date	Feb 4, 1987	Dec 30, 1991
Age	30	25
Height	177	155
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	116
Ranking points (entering)	1,440	520
Elo (entering)	1,805	1,584
Career W-L	351–270	82–116
Career earnings	$12,656,891	$2,868,337

Pre-match H2H

Lucie Safarova 1 – 0 Kurumi Nara

Path

Lucie Safarova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Nao Hibino	6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Anett Kontaveit	6-7(5) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Lucie Safarova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Coco Vandeweghe	4-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Kurumi Nara's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data