Jelena Ostapenko beats Halep in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Championships. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

    DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Ostapenko victorious over Halep to square off with Veronika Kudermetova in the final

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    Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Simona Halep

    Jelena Ostapenko prevails over Simona Halep 2-6 7-6(0) 6-0 in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday. Ostapenko will face off with Veronika Kudermetova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 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.

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    Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Simona Halep Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Ostapenko
    Halep
    Jelena Ostapenko
    2-6 7-60 6-0
    1h:36
    Simona Halep
    87
    87
    Total points
    77
    77
    42
    42
    Winners
    31
    31
    48%
    48%
    Ratio Winners
    40%
    40%
    -- Serve --
    3
    3
    Aces
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Double Faults
    8
    8
    68%
    68%
    1st in
    60%
    60%
    74%
    74%
    1st won
    65%
    65%
    42/57
    42/57
    1st won
    31/48
    31/48
    37%
    37%
    2nd won
    44%
    44%
    10/27
    10/27
    2nd won
    14/32
    14/32
    -- Break Points --
    4/7
    4/7
    Total
    3/5
    3/5
    57%
    57%
    Won
    60%
    60%
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    At the end of the match, Ostapenko scored 87 points vs. Halep’s 77.

    Ostapenko

    Jelena was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).

    Halep

    On the other side, Simona was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

    After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Halep is 2-1 for Jelena.

    Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats

    Ostapenko will take on Kudermetova in the final.

    There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

    Jelena Ostapenko Draw info

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    Halep in this set didn’t concede much to Ostapenko and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Ostapenko in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

    Ostapenko was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

    Halep was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Halep didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 49 points. Simona was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Jelena (30-19). Simona dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Jelena conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

    Ostapenko had a favorable start in this set after breaking Simona Halep in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Latvian to win the set because Simona succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Ostapenko kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 0.

    Tiebreak

    The Latvian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 7th (7-0) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0

    They played 80 points. Jelena conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Romanian (43-37). Ostapenko conceded 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, Halep conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).

    Simona wasn’t able to offer any resistance in this set and Jelena won the set 6-0.

    Ostapenko was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, the Romanian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (0-5 15-40 and 30-40).

    They played 37 points. Jelena was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Halep (26-11). The Latvian dropped 6 points on serve (14-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Halep conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).

     

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