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Nadia Petrova #17 def. Serena Williams #2

6-4 3-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 2009*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nadia Petrova
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Nadia Petrova	Serena Williams
Aces	14	7
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	60	67
First serve points won %	71	78
Second serve points won %	57	47
Break points saved %	80	75
Break points converted %	25	20
Service points won %	65	68
Return points won %	32	35
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nadia Petrova	Serena Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1982	Sep 26, 1981
Age	27	28
Height	178	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,440	7,806
Elo (entering)	1,807	2,075
Career W-L	441–276	825–170
Career earnings	$12,466,924	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Nadia Petrova 1 – 6 Serena Williams

Path

Nadia Petrova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-1 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2009	R64	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-1 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Petrova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2009	QF	Shuai Peng	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Ekaterina Makarova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2009	R64	Kaia Kanepi	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data