Jelena Ostapenko overcomes Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Beijing on Wednesday. Ostapenko will play against Liudmila Samsonova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Ostapenko added to her prize money $ 92,518 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 185,018 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Latvian will add $ 216,982 to her earnings to get in total $ 402,000 in total.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jessica Pegula China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Latvian scored 70 points vs. Pegula’s 55.
Ostapenko
The Latvian was effective when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Pegula
On the other side, the American was struggling when converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Pegula is 2-3 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Ostapenko will compete against Samsonova in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Liudmila Samsonova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Samsonova won 6-2 6-0 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in April 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Latvian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, Jelena broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Jelena failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Pegula lost the 10th game (6-4) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Jelena converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, Jessica converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They played 80 points. Jelena won 8 more points than the American (44-36). The Latvian lost 17 points on serve (23-17). on the other side of the net, Pegula conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).
Ostapenko had a racing start in this set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Jelena managed to boost her lead after breaking Pegula in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Jelena was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Jessica was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 45 points. Ostapenko conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Jessica (26-19). The Latvian conceded 9 points on serve (15-9). on the other side of the court, Jessica conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H details and stats