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Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 def. Naomi Osaka #42

2-6 6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2016*
Tournament	Tianjin
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	2-6 6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Naomi Osaka

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Naomi Osaka
Aces	9	5
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	65	56
First serve points won %	66	77
Second serve points won %	42	42
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	57	62
Return points won %	38	43
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Naomi Osaka
Country	RUS	JPN
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Oct 16, 1997
Age	31	18
Height	174	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	42
Ranking points (entering)	3,540	1,226
Elo (entering)	1,895	1,708
Career W-L	580–319	240–130
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$26,367,552

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 0 – 0 Naomi Osaka

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2016	R16	Donna Vekic	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2016	R32	Pauline Parmentier	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2016	SF	Alison Riske-Amritraj	4-6 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Naomi Osaka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2016	R16	Lucie Hradecka	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2016	R32	Yaroslava Shvedova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data