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Maria Sharapova #2 def. Kirsten Flipkens #43

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2013*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Kirsten Flipkens

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Kirsten Flipkens
Aces	3	2
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	48	47
First serve points won %	81	52
Second serve points won %	57	27
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	68	39
Return points won %	61	32
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Kirsten Flipkens
Country	RUS	BEL
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Jan 10, 1986
Age	25	27
Height	188	165
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	43
Ranking points (entering)	10,045	1,268
Elo (entering)	2,167	1,800
Career W-L	596–174	198–221
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$6,240,599

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 2 – 0 Kirsten Flipkens

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Venus Williams	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2013	R64	Misaki Doi	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Olga Puchkova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2013	QF	Ekaterina Makarova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kirsten Flipkens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Valeria Savinykh	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2013	R64	Klara Koukalova	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Nina Bratchikova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data