Jelena Ostapenko survives Iga Swiatek 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Dubai on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Ostapenko will face Petra Kvitova in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Iga Swiatek Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:29
At the end of the match, Ostapenko scored 112 points vs. the Pole’s 103.
Ostapenko
The Latvian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 41% (9/22) of the procured opportunities.
Swiatek
On the other side, the Pole was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (7/14). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ostapenko and Swiatek is 3-0 for Jelena.
Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Petra Kvitova – stats
Ostapenko will square off with Kvitova in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Petra Kvitova square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Kvitova won 6-2 5-7 6-1 in the 3rd round in Doha back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Kvitova got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Iga to win the set since Jelena found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Iga kept her focus to break Ostapenko in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
They played 53 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Iga won barely 1 point more than Ostapenko (27-26). Swiatek surrendered 14 points on serve (9-14). On the losing side, Jelena conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).
Ostapenko was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Ostapenko managed to boost her lead after breaking Swiatek in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
A defining moment of this set was when the Latvian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Jelena converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Pole was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 47 points. Jelena was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Pole (28-19). Ostapenko conceded 9 points on serve (15-9). In addition, on the other side, Iga conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Ostapenko enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Ostapenko to win the set since the Pole found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Latvian kept her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Jelena failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Jelena won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Swiatek won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Jelena converted 20% of her break points (3/15). She had 15 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Swiatek converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 114 points. The Latvian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Swiatek (59-55). Jelena conceded 20 points on serve (24-20). On the other side, Iga conceded 35 points on serve (35-35).
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