BEIJING. Ostapenko upsets Pliskova in the 1st round

Jelena Ostapenko shocks Karolina Pliskova 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the 1^st round in Beijing on Saturday. Ostapenko will clash against Katerina Siniakova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Ostapenko won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Ostapenko broke back 4 times in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (4-4), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

The Latvian missed the chance to break Pliskova in the 4^th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

Pliskova got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ostapenko in the 1^st game (1-0). Pliskova reinforced her lead after breaking the Latvian in the 9^th (6-3) game before conquering the set.

3^rd set.

Jelena won the set after she broke Pliskova in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Pliskova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Jelena didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

The Latvian won this encounter even if she won the same amount of points of Karolina (115 vs. 115).

The Latvian served extremely well to win 80% of the points (44/55) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 29% points (17/58) on her second serve. The Latvian fired 10 aces and she committed 25 double faults. Jelena won this match even if she was struggling in finding the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 25% (6/24). On the other side, Pliskova was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (6/9). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Pliskova is 2-3 for Karolina.

Next Match: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Katerina Siniakova – stats

Ostapenko will fight against Siniakova in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Katerina Siniakova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

The last time that they squared off, Siniakova won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Australian Open (juniors) back in 2013.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-5 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Julia GoergesGoerges (6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Samantha Stosur/Shuai ZhangStosur/Shuai Zhang – Alicja Rosolska/Storm SandersRosolska/Storm Sanders (4-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Xiyu WangWang (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-0 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Shuai PengPeng (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Monica PuigPuig (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (7-5 6-2) – See score progression

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