San Diego · R16 · Hard · 29 Feb 2024
Dayana Yastremska v Anna Blinkova
61–71 in points · Anna Blinkova won
Why it went the way it did
Anna Blinkova won 3.6 more points than Dayana Yastremska relative to what the serve alone predicted. Dayana Yastremska's biggest leaks: backhand execution −3.6, forehand execution −3.5, return execution −2.8.
Each shot moves its hitter's chance of winning the point. Those moves are split into direction choice, shot selection and execution, and summed here. Read both columns together: one player's gain is the other's loss.
| Shot | Dayana Yastremska | Anna Blinkova | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +0.8 | −0.8 | ±0.0 | −1.3 | −2.1 |
| Serve 2nd | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.9 | −0.9 |
| Return | −0.3 | +0.6 | −2.8 | −2.5 | +0.4 | +0.1 | −4.0 | −3.4 |
| Forehand | +0.4 | +0.7 | −3.5 | −2.4 | −0.3 | +0.8 | −1.4 | −0.9 |
| Backhand | ±0.0 | +0.3 | −3.6 | −3.3 | −0.2 | +0.5 | +2.9 | +3.2 |
| Slice | ±0.0 | −0.2 | −0.2 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | −1.6 | +0.9 | −0.7 |
| Net | +0.3 | +0.4 | −1.3 | −0.6 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 |
| Touch | ±0.0 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 |
| All shots | +0.6 | +1.7 | −10.6 | −8.3 | −0.9 | −0.1 | −3.7 | −4.7 |
Set by set
| Set | Dayana Yastremska | Anna Blinkova | Net, Dayana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | −2.1 | −3.4 | +1.3 | |
| 2 | −6.2 | −1.4 | −4.9 |
Adaptation
First-serve direction mix set by set, with the share of points each direction won. The scores measure whether the server moved toward the directions that had been winning earlier in this match, set to set and every two to three service games, in points per 100 first serves. Read them as a habit, not a gain: across the tour, a direction's edge in early sets barely predicts the later ones. Whether the returner responded can't be told apart from noise within one match.
Dayana Yastremska serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44% 63% | 17% 83% | 39% 50% |
| 2 | 39% 56% | 22% 60% | 39% 11% |
Set to set +1.70 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets +1.12 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Anna Blinkova serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34% 63% | 47% 55% | 19% 56% |
| 2 | 28% 71% | 40% 40% | 32% 75% |
Set to set −0.99 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets −0.10 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Counterfactual: the best direction every time
If each shot had gone in the direction that is usually worth most for that stroke and position, this is how many more points each player would expect to win. It's an upper bound: the best direction isn't always on, and the chart can't see the ball's pace or position.
Dayana Yastremska
3.9 points left on the table across 188 shots 2.06 per 100 shots
- Return of a 1st serve, body, deuce court hit BH down the line ×6; BH through the middle rates higher · 0.25 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, T, deuce court hit BH down the line ×3; BH through the middle rates higher · 0.20 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, ad court hit BH down the line ×2; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.19 pts
- Return of a 2nd serve, body, ad court hit FH through the middle ×3; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.17 pts
Anna Blinkova
4.4 points left on the table across 159 shots 2.75 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×8; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.43 pts
- Return +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.38 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side, opponent at net hit BH through the middle ×2; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.25 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×5; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.21 pts