Steadfast Karolina Pliskova survives Ostapenko in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

    INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Pliskova survives Ostapenko to come up against Petra Martic in the semifinal

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko

    Karolina Pliskova outlasts Jelena Ostapenko 4-6 7-5 7-6(1) in the quarter in Rome on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Pliskova will play against Petra Martic in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. The Czech won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

    Pliskova
    Rome
    Pliskova's Record

    Pliskova added to her prize money € 36,693 after winning this match. She has won already € 70,161 as of now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add € 62,097 to her earnings to get in total € 132,258.

    Highlights Karolina Pliskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Pliskova
    Ostapenko
    Karolina Pliskova
    4-6 7-5 7-61
    2h:20
    Jelena Ostapenko
    113
    113
    Total points
    106
    106
    45
    45
    Winners
    38
    38
    40%
    40%
    Ratio Winners
    36%
    36%
    -- Serve --
    9
    9
    Aces
    2
    2
    13
    13
    Double Faults
    6
    6
    60%
    60%
    1st in
    59%
    59%
    66%
    66%
    1st won
    60%
    60%
    45/68
    45/68
    1st won
    38/63
    38/63
    40%
    40%
    2nd won
    42%
    42%
    18/45
    18/45
    2nd won
    18/43
    18/43
    -- Break Points --
    7/13
    7/13
    Total
    7/18
    7/18
    54%
    54%
    Won
    39%
    39%
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    At the end of the match, Pliskova scored 113 points vs. the Latvian’s 106.

    Pliskova

    Pliskova was pretty effective at converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).

    Ostapenko

    On the other side, Jelena was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 39% – 7/18). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

    After this match, the head to head between Pliskova and Ostapenko is 5-3 for Karolina.

    Draw and next match H2H: Karolina Pliskova vs. Petra Martic – stats

    Pliskova will fight against Martic in the semifinal.

    This will be the 7th time that Karolina Pliskova and Petra Martic play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Martic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

    The last time that they fought against each other, Pliskova won 6-3 6-2 in the final in Zhengzhou back in 2019.

    Karolina Pliskova Draw info

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    Martic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Ostapenko to win the set since Karolina succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Ostapenko kept her cool to break Pliskova in the 10th (6-4) game.

    One of the most important stints of the set was when the Latvian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0. Notwithstanding also Pliskova won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4

    The Latvian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Pliskova converted 100% of her break points (2/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th (0-4 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40).

    They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jelena won just 3 points more than the Czech (33-30). Jelena surrendered 13 points on serve (14-13). on the other side of the court, Pliskova conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).

    Martic had a strong start of this set after breaking Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Pliskova refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Jelena 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

    Pliskova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

    They contested 68 points. Karolina conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Jelena (37-31). The Czech lost 12 points on serve (19-12). On the losing side, the Latvian conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).

    Pliskova got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Martic in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Karolina to win the set as Ostapenko found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Karolina maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 1.

    Tiebreak

    Karolina won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

    Karolina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ostapenko converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

    They played 87 points. Karolina won 9 points more than Ostapenko (48-39). Pliskova lost 18 points on serve (29-18). on the other side of the court, Ostapenko conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).

     

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