LINZ. Jelena Ostapenko gets by Rybakina in the quarter

UPPER AUSTRIA LADIES LINZ - LINZ. Ostapenko hustles Rybakina to take on Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Elena Rybakina

Jelena Ostapenko overcomes Elena Rybakina 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Linz on Friday. Ostapenko will seek to keep on going in this event against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The Latvian won the set after she broke Elena in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Elena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Ostapenko refused to give way before winning the set 7-5.

2nd set.

Ostapenko won the set after she broke Elena 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game. That was enough for the Latvian to conquer the set as she didn’t concede her serve in the rest of the set.

Elena was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Latvian scored 67 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 51 points.

Jelena served pretty well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind her first serve. However she won only 46% points (12/26) on her second serve. Ostapenko was well focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8). On the other side, the Kazakhstani was far from perfect in converting her break points because she converted only 13% of her break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Rybakina is 1-0 for Jelena.

Next Match: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Ostapenko will square off with Alexandrova in the semifinal.

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

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

Tennis Scores in Linz

  • Cori GauffGauff – Kiki BertensBertens (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
  • Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
  • Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-2 6-4) – 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