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Meng Yuan #122 def. Melanie South #156

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 25, 2008*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Meng Yuan
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Melanie South

Stat	Meng Yuan	Melanie South
Aces	1	1
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	70	64
First serve points won %	60	44
Second serve points won %	56	47
Break points saved %	33	29
Break points converted %	71	67
Service points won %	59	45
Return points won %	55	41
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Meng Yuan	Melanie South
Country	CHN	GBR
Birth date	—	May 3, 1986
Age	—	22
Height	—	175
Handedness	—	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	122	156
Ranking points (entering)	292	211
Elo (entering)	1,482	1,545
Career W-L	17–38	9–21
Career earnings	$398,170	$464,831

Pre-match H2H

Meng Yuan 0 – 0 Melanie South

Path

Meng Yuan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Sania Mirza	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Kateryna Volodko	2-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Meng Yuan's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Melanie South's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Petra Kvitova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data