Angelique Kerber beats Jelena Ostapenko 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2012 and 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Kerber's Record

Kerber added to her prize money $ 23,620 after winning this match. She has won already $ 47,820 after this win. If she wins the next match, the German will add $ 52,430 to her earnings to get in total $ 100,250 in total.

Highlights Angelique Kerber vs. Jelena Ostapenko Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kerber
Ostapenko
4-6 6-2 7-5
1h:56
104
104
Total points
87
87
40
40
Winners
33
33
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
9
9
65%
65%
1st in
57%
57%
62%
62%
1st won
63%
63%
40/65
40/65
1st won
33/52
33/52
60%
60%
2nd won
38%
38%
21/35
21/35
2nd won
15/39
15/39
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
4/11
4/11
55%
55%
Won
36%
36%
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At the end of the match, the German scored 104 points vs. Ostapenko’s 87.

Kerber

The German was sharp when converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).

Ostapenko

On the other side, the Latvian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kerber and Ostapenko is 2-1 for Angelique.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jelena conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

The Latvian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the German was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jelena won just 3 points more than Angelique (38-35). Ostapenko conceded 11 points on serve (23-11

). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

Kerber started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 1st game (1-0). The German reinforced her lead after breaking Jelena in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Angelique was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Kerber didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. The German won 11 points more than Ostapenko (27-16). Kerber was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4

). On the losing side, Ostapenko conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

had a strong start of this set after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Kerber succeeded in coming back to break Ostapenko 4 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

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

They contested 72 points. Angelique won 10 points more than the Latvian (41-31). Kerber conceded 17 points on serve (20-17). On the other side, the Latvian conceded 21 points on serve (14-21).

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