MELBOURNE RESULTS. Belinda Bencic topples Ostapenko in the 2nd round

Belinda Bencic wins against Jelena Ostapenko 7-5 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Bencic will fight against Anett Kontaveit in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bencic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Ostapenko in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for Bencic to win the set because Ostapenko managed to break back in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Belinda maintained her focus to break Ostapenko in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

Bencic failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Nonetheless also the Latvian won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3

2^nd set.

Bencic conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Ostapenko in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Swiss to win the set because Jelena managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 4^th (3-1) game. Bencic kept her cool to break the Latvian in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Ostapenko had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).

Nevertheless also Jelena won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1

Statistics

At the end of the match, Belinda scored 82 points vs. Jelena’s 67 points.

Belinda didn’t lose the concentration in converting 88% of the break points that she conquered (7/8). On the other side, the Latvian was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (5/10). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Bencic and Ostapenko is 1-1.

Highlights Belinda Bencic vs. Jelena Ostapenko Australian Open – Melbourne

Bencic’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Belinda Bencic vs. Anett Kontaveit – stats

Bencic will take on Kontaveit in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Anett Kontaveit since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

The last time that they locked horns, Bencic won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Wimbledon (juniors) back in 2013.

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