Indian Wells · R64 · Hard · 6 Mar 2026
Emma Raducanu v Anastasia Zakharova
63–41 in points · Emma Raducanu won
Why it went the way it did
Emma Raducanu won 11.9 more points than Anastasia Zakharova relative to what the serve alone predicted. Anastasia Zakharova's biggest leaks: forehand execution −3.2, return execution −1.3, slice execution −1.1.
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 | Emma Raducanu | Anastasia Zakharova | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +1.2 | +1.3 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | +0.7 | +0.3 |
| Serve 2nd | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.6 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.3 |
| Return | −0.2 | +0.7 | +4.1 | +4.5 | −0.2 | +0.4 | −1.3 | −1.1 |
| Forehand | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +2.3 | +3.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | −3.2 | −2.5 |
| Backhand | −0.4 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.1 | +0.4 | −0.9 | −0.4 |
| Slice | −0.1 | −1.4 | +0.3 | −1.1 | +0.1 | −0.9 | −1.1 | −1.9 |
| Net | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | +0.4 | +1.1 | +1.3 |
| Touch | ±0.0 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 |
| All shots | −0.5 | +0.2 | +8.3 | +7.9 | −0.3 | +0.7 | −4.4 | −4.0 |
Set by set
| Set | Emma Raducanu | Anastasia Zakharova | Net, Emma | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +3.6 | −1.6 | +5.3 | |
| 2 | +4.3 | −2.4 | +6.6 |
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.
Emma Raducanu serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 68% 80% | 9% 50% | 23% 60% |
| 2 | 54% 69% | 29% 29% | 17% 100% |
Within sets −0.20 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Anastasia Zakharova serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58% 45% | 21% 50% | 21% 50% |
| 2 | 31% 50% | 38% 47% | 31% 33% |
Within sets −0.09 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.
Emma Raducanu
4.9 points left on the table across 185 shots 2.67 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×9; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.39 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, deuce court hit FH down the line ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.27 pts
- Return +1: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH down the line rates higher · 0.26 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH slice through the middle ×4; BH slice crosscourt rates higher · 0.24 pts
Anastasia Zakharova
4.7 points left on the table across 185 shots 2.52 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.35 pts
- Return of a 2nd serve, wide, deuce court hit FH through the middle ×3; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.34 pts
- Serve +1: deep return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.30 pts
- Serve +1: deep return to your middle hit BH through the middle ×7; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.29 pts