Barbora Krejcikova downs Jelena Ostapenko 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Krejcikova will clash against Victoria Azarenka in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Krejcikova added to her prize money $ 120,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jelena Ostapenko Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:10
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 95 points vs. Jelena’s 94.
Krejcikova
The Czech won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Ostapenko
On the other side, Ostapenko wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Krejcikova and Ostapenko is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Barbora Krejcikova vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Krejcikova will fight against Azarenka in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Victoria Azarenka fight against each other. 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 squared off, Azarenka won 2-6 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Ostrava back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Jelena in this set played at a much higher level than Barbora and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Latvian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Barbora was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 66 points. The Latvian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Krejcikova (37-29). Ostapenko surrendered 17 points on serve (25-17). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Krejcikova clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Czech broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
Krejcikova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, the Latvian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 53 points. Barbora conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Latvian (29-24). Barbora lost 10 points on serve (19-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Latvian conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
Krejcikova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 1st game (1-0). That was sufficient for Barbora to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
Krejcikova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Jelena was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 70 points. Krejcikova conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Ostapenko (37-33). Barbora dropped 16 points on serve (27-16). on the other side of the net, Jelena conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
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