Jelena Ostapenko conquers Shelby Rogers 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Ostapenko will engage against Victoria Azarenka in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Ostapenko added to her prize money $ 160,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 335,000 up to now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Ostapenko will add $ 305,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 640,000.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Shelby Rogers BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Latvian scored 105 points vs. Rogers’s 96.
Ostapenko
The Latvian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (8/19) of the procured opportunities.
Rogers
On the other side, Shelby was effective at converting 64% of the break points that she procured points (7/11). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Rogers is 3-0 for Jelena.
Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Ostapenko will play Azarenka in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Azarenka won 6-4 7-64 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Jelena won the set after she broke Shelby 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Shelby tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Jelena kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.
The Latvian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Latvian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
They contested 67 points. The Latvian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Rogers (39-28). Ostapenko dropped 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, Shelby conceded 23 points on serve (18-23).
Azarenka conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Shelby Rogers in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Shelby to win the set since the Latvian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Rogers maintained her focus to break the Latvian in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
They played 59 points. Shelby conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Latvian (32-27). The American surrendered 16 points on serve (13-16). On the other side, Ostapenko conceded 19 points on serve (11-19).
The Latvian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Ostapenko broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Shelby was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The Latvian lost 17 points on serve (21-17). On the other side, Rogers conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Shelby RogersRogers (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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