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Victoria Azarenka #2 def. Serena Williams #1

2-6 6-2 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2013*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	2-6 6-2 7-6(6)
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Aces	3	9
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	73	59
First serve points won %	58	62
Second serve points won %	50	46
Break points saved %	55	64
Break points converted %	36	45
Service points won %	56	55
Return points won %	45	44
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams
Country	BLR	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Sep 26, 1981
Age	24	31
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	8,805	11,920
Elo (entering)	2,129	2,311
Career W-L	575–266	825–170
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 2 – 12 Serena Williams

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2013	SF	Jelena Jankovic	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2013	QF	Caroline Wozniacki	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2013	R16	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2013	R32	Vania King	6-1 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2013	SF	Na Li	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2013	QF	Simona Halep	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2013	R16	Mona Barthel	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2013	R32	Eugenie Bouchard	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data