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Serena Williams #8 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #4

3-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 29, 2008*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	3-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	13	8
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	60	61
First serve points won %	66	65
Second serve points won %	47	40
Break points saved %	67	69
Break points converted %	31	33
Service points won %	58	55
Return points won %	45	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 27, 1985
Age	26	22
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,297	3,750
Elo (entering)	2,117	2,063
Career W-L	825–170	580–319
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 3 – 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	QF	Justine Henin	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Flavia Pennetta	6-7(6) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 2008	F	Jelena Jankovic	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	QF	Venus Williams	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Shahar Peer	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Victoria Azarenka	1-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Yung Jan Chan	6-1 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data