Dinara Safina vs Na Li — Olympics Semi-final

Olympics · WTA · Semi-final
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2008 ·
hard
CHN
Na Li
#304WTA
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWLLWW
Safina D.
7-6 7-5
Li N.
Safina D.
772
Li N.
650

Dinara Safina defeated Na Li 7-6 7-5 in the Olympics semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Na Li came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Dinara Safina narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-05-11MadridR32clayDinara Safina6-3 7-6
2007-01-15Australian OpenR32hardNa Li6-2 6-2
2005-04-25EstorilSFclayNa Li6-1 6-1

Statistics

This season
Safina D.Li N.
1st serve in·Even
64%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
49%
Service points won·Even
58%
60%
Return points won·Even
47%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
59%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safina D.Li N.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
68
84
Break points saved·Dominant
45
77
Break points won·Slight edge
88
97
Deciding sets·Even
83
87
Tiebreaks·Even
78
75

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw