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Elena Vesnina #15 def. Venus Williams #13

6-2 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 2017*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Elena Vesnina
Score	6-2 4-6 6-3
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Elena Vesnina	Venus Williams
Aces	6	3
Double faults	8	7
First serve %	55	66
First serve points won %	63	62
Second serve points won %	53	39
Break points saved %	77	67
Break points converted %	33	23
Service points won %	59	55
Return points won %	45	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elena Vesnina	Venus Williams
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 1, 1986	Jun 17, 1980
Age	30	36
Height	176	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	13
Ranking points (entering)	2,340	3,280
Elo (entering)	1,800	1,877
Career W-L	262–260	768–288
Career earnings	$13,058,021	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Elena Vesnina 3 – 2 Venus Williams

Path

Elena Vesnina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2017	R16	Angelique Kerber	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2017	R32	Timea Babos	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2017	R64	Shelby Rogers	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Elena Vesnina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2017	SF	Kristina Mladenovic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2017	R16	Shuai Peng	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2017	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2017	R64	Jelena Jankovic	1-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data