Ai Sugiyama vs Zi Yan — Beijing Round of 32

Beijing · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 September 2008 ·
hard
CHN
Zi Yan
41 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWWLW
Sugiyama A.
6-3 6-4
Yan Z.
Sugiyama A.
662
Yan Z.
340

Ai Sugiyama defeated Zi Yan 6-3 6-4 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Zi Yan came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Ai Sugiyama closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

This season
Sugiyama A.Yan Z.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Even
54%
51%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Even
0.9
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.2
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (67 vs 22). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Yan Z.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
42
49
Break points saved·Slight edge
42
47
Break points won·Even
66
67
Deciding sets·Slight edge
54
60
Tiebreaks·
47
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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