LINZ. Alexandrova prevails over Mladenovic in the quarter

UPPER AUSTRIA LADIES LINZ - LINZ. Alexandrova topples Mladenovic to play Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Kristina Mladenovic

Ekaterina Alexandrova aces Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Linz on Friday. Alexandrova will play Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Russian in this set was too good for the French Player and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking the French Player in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The French Player was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

The Russian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Alexandrova broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ekaterina scored 60 points vs. the French Player’s 44 points.

Ekaterina served pretty well to win 76% of the points (19/25) behind her first serve, and she won 64% points (16/25) on her second serve. Alexandrova didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8). On the other side, Kristina was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Mladenovic is 1-0 for Ekaterina.

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Kristina Mladenovic Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz

Next Match: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Alexandrova will square off with Ostapenko in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jelena Ostapenko face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Alexandrova won 6-3 2-1 ret. in the 3rd round in Eastbourne back in June 2019.

Tennis Scores in Linz

  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
  • Cori GauffGauff – Kiki BertensBertens (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
  • Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
  • Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
  • Viktoria Kuzmova/Yana SizikovaKuzmova/Yana Sizikova – Anna Blinkova/Makoto NinomiyaBlinkova/Makoto Ninomiya (6-4 3-6 12-10) – See score progression
  • Cori Gauff/Caty McNallyGauff/Caty McNally – Laura Siegemund/Katarina SrebotnikSiegemund/Katarina Srebotnik (7-64 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

  • Cori GauffGauff – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (2-0) – See H2H details