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Venus Williams #8 def. Sania Mirza #32

7-6(0) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 20, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	7-6(0) 6-4
Loser	Sania Mirza

Stat	Venus Williams	Sania Mirza
Aces	7	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	76	64
Second serve points won %	62	48
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	71	58
Return points won %	42	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Sania Mirza
Country	USA	IND
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Nov 15, 1986
Age	27	21
Height	185	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	32
Ranking points (entering)	2,470	901
Elo (entering)	2,052	1,766
Career W-L	768–288	121–117
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$7,267,121

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 1 – 0 Sania Mirza

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Camille Pin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Zi Yan	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Marta Domachowska	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sania Mirza's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Timea Bacsinszky	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Iroda Tulyaganova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data