Paula Badosa downs Ostapenko in the 1st round of the Sydney Tennis Classic. HIGHLIGHTS – SYDNEY RESULTS

SYDNEY TENNIS CLASSIC - SYDNEY DRAW AND RESULTS. Badosa tops Ostapenko

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Jelena Ostapenko

Paula Badosa Gibert prevails over Jelena Ostapenko 7-6(1) 6-1 in the 1st round in Sydney on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes.

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Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Jelena Ostapenko Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney

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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 68 points vs. the Latvian’s 50.

Badosa

Paula served pretty well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 43% points (10/23) on her second serve. Badosa won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Ostapenko

On the other side, Ostapenko was absolutely great in converting all her break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Badosa and Ostapenko is 2-1 for Paula.

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Badosa conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Badosa broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-1.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point. On the other side, Jelena won a minibreak in the 5th (1-4) point.

Badosa won the tiebreak 7-1 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

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

The Spaniard converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Ostapenko was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40).

They contested 78 points. Badosa was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Ostapenko (41-37). Paula surrendered 13 points on serve (23-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Jelena conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

Badosa conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set because Ostapenko managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Badosa kept her cool to break the Latvian in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Ostapenko was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Spaniard converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, the Latvian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).

They played 40 points. The Spaniard won 14 more points than the Latvian (27-13). Paula dropped 7 points on serve (10-7). On the losing side, Ostapenko conceded 17 points on serve (6-17).

 

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