Jelena Ostapenko bests Riske in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Ostapenko conquers Riske to fight against Barbora Krejcikova in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Alison Riske

Jelena Ostapenko hustles Alison Riske 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Ostapenko will play Barbora Krejcikova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

Ostapenko
Melbourne
Ostapenko's Record

Ostapenko added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ostapenko will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Alison Riske Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ostapenko
Riske
Jelena Ostapenko
4-6 6-2 6-4
1h:55
Alison Riske
92
92
Total points
82
82
38
38
Winners
36
36
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
36
36
Unforced
28
28
56%
56%
Ratio Unforced
44%
44%
7/7
7/7
Net Approaches
1/3
1/3
100%
100%
Perc
33%
33%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
62%
62%
1st in
68%
68%
66%
66%
1st won
67%
67%
38/58
38/58
1st won
36/54
36/54
53%
53%
2nd won
35%
35%
19/36
19/36
2nd won
9/26
9/26
167
167
Fastest serve
171
171
154
154
AVG 1st Serve
154
154
113
113
AVG 2nd Serve
140
140
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
3/11
3/11
56%
56%
Won
27%
27%
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At the end of the match, the Latvian scored 92 points vs. Riske’s 82.

Ostapenko

The Latvian was effective when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).

Riske

On the other side, Alison had some problems converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Ostapenko and Riske is 2-0 for Jelena.

Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats

Ostapenko will take on Krejcikova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Barbora Krejcikova face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but Krejcikova leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Krejcikova won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in 2021.

Jelena Ostapenko Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Ostapenko started the set in the best possible way after breaking Alison Riske in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Riske succeeded in coming back to break the Latvian in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Alison won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-3 to 5-3.

Alison was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Latvian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 60 points. The American conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Jelena (34-26). The American surrendered 9 points on serve (20-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Latvian conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

The Latvian in this set was more solid than the American and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Alison in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Riske couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Jelena converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Ostapenko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. Jelena was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the American (28-15). Ostapenko lost 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Riske conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

Ostapenko was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Alison Riske in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for Ostapenko to win the set because Alison succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Jelena kept her focus to break the American in the 10th (6-4) game.

Jelena was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Riske converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 71 points. Jelena won 5 more points than Alison (38-33). Jelena conceded 18 points on serve (24-18). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

 

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