R32 Australian Open 2007

Na Li #16 def. Dinara Safina #10

6-2 6-2

Na Li defeated Dinara Safina 6-2 6-2 in the 2007 Australian Open third round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 20, 2007*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2007
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R32

Match Statistics

Stat	Na Li	Dinara Safina
Aces	2	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	75.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	72.0%	47.0%
Second serve points won %	67.0%	52.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	71.0%
Break points converted %	29.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	71.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	29.0%
Total points won %	60.0%	40.0%
Match Serve+	+14.8	-6.8
Match Return+	+6.8	-14.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2007 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Na Li	Dinara Safina
Country	CHN	RUS
Birth date	Feb 26, 1982	Apr 27, 1986
Age	24	20
Height	172 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	10
Ranking points (entering)	968	1,475
Elo (entering)	1,885	1,850
Current career W-L	338–159	304–161
Current career earnings	$16,709,074	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Na Li #16 1 – 0 Dinara Safina #10

Path

Na Li's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #56	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2007	R64
Elena Bovina #1216	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2007	R128

Na Li's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martina Hingis #7	6-4 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 2007	R16

Dinara Safina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yulia Fedossova #148	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2007	R64
Ekaterina Bychkova #85	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2007	R128