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Serena Williams #6 def. Flavia Pennetta #21

4-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2012*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	4-0 (ret.)
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Serena Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	2	0
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	61	56
First serve points won %	91	44
Second serve points won %	43	29
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	72	38
Return points won %	62	28
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Flavia Pennetta
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 25, 1982
Age	30	30
Height	175	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	21
Ranking points (entering)	5,300	2,150
Elo (entering)	2,176	1,802
Career W-L	825–170	418–272
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 1 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2012	R32	Nadia Petrova	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R64	Galina Voskoboeva	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	SF	Na Li	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Petra Cetkovska	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2012	R32	Sloane Stephens	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R64	Maria Kirilenko	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data