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Victoria Azarenka #11 def. Dinara Safina #2

6-7(4) 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 14, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	6-7(4) 6-1 6-3
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Dinara Safina
Aces	0	1
Double faults	1	10
First serve %	79	67
First serve points won %	59	49
Second serve points won %	44	38
Break points saved %	38	25
Break points converted %	75	62
Service points won %	56	45
Return points won %	55	44
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Dinara Safina
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Apr 27, 1986
Age	19	22
Height	183	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,406	9,021
Elo (entering)	1,971	2,032
Career W-L	575–266	299–160
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 0 – 3 Dinara Safina

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2009	R16	Shahar Peer	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2009	R32	Elena Vesnina	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2009	R64	Yaroslava Shvedova	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2009	SF	Vera Zvonareva	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2009	R16	Jill Craybas	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2009	R32	Shuai Peng	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2009	R64	Tsvetana Pironkova	7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data