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Paula Badosa #27 def. Victoria Azarenka #32

7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 2021*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Paula Badosa
Score	7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(2)
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Paula Badosa	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	7	5
Double faults	11	7
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	56	72
Second serve points won %	46	34
Break points saved %	59	62
Break points converted %	38	41
Service points won %	52	56
Return points won %	44	48
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paula Badosa	Victoria Azarenka
Country	ESP	BLR
Birth date	Nov 15, 1997	Jul 31, 1989
Age	23	32
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	32
Ranking points (entering)	2,298	1,856
Elo (entering)	1,951	1,995
Career W-L	172–112	575–266
Career earnings	$9,796,553	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Paula Badosa 0 – 0 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Paula Badosa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2021	SF	Ons Jabeur	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2021	QF	Angelique Kerber	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2021	R16	Barbora Krejcikova	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2021	R32	Coco Gauff	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2021	R64	Dayana Yastremska	6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paula Badosa's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2021	SF	Jelena Ostapenko	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2021	QF	Jessica Pegula	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2021	R16	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2021	R32	Petra Kvitova	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2021	R64	Magda Linette	7-5 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data