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Nadia Podoroska #44 def. Serena Williams #8

7-6(6) 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 13, 2021*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Nadia Podoroska
Score	7-6(6) 7-5
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Nadia Podoroska	Serena Williams
Aces	3	8
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	54	48
First serve points won %	60	62
Second serve points won %	53	45
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	57	53
Return points won %	47	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nadia Podoroska	Serena Williams
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Feb 10, 1997	Sep 26, 1981
Age	24	39
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,583	4,850
Elo (entering)	1,706	2,034
Career W-L	53–78	825–170
Career earnings	$3,104,820	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Nadia Podoroska 0 – 0 Serena Williams

Path

Nadia Podoroska's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2021	R64	Laura Siegemund	2-6 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nadia Podoroska's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2021	R16	Petra Martic	6-3 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.