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Dinara Safina #2 def. Tsvetana Pironkova #50

7-6(8) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	7-6(8) 6-2
Loser	Tsvetana Pironkova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Tsvetana Pironkova
Aces	2	2
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	73	59
Second serve points won %	47	46
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	63	54
Return points won %	46	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Tsvetana Pironkova
Country	RUS	BUL
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Sep 13, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	182	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	50
Ranking points (entering)	9,021	1,196
Elo (entering)	2,022	1,656
Career W-L	299–160	169–222
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$5,321,439

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 1 – 0 Tsvetana Pironkova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2009	R32	Shuai Peng	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tsvetana Pironkova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2009	R128	Marina Erakovic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data