Ekaterina Alexandrova gets by Jelena Ostapenko 7-6(4) 6-0 in the final in Seoul on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Jelena Ostapenko Hana Bank Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:25
At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 74 points vs. the Latvian’s 51.
Alexandrova
Ekaterina served pretty well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 42% points (11/26) on her second serve. The Russian was pretty focused in converting 86% of the break points that she conquered (6/7).
Ostapenko
On the other side, the Latvian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Ostapenko is 5-2 for Ekaterina.
This was the 3rd career title for the Russian. She won the previous title in ‘s. (see list of titles and finals). The Latvian remains with 5th titles after she conquered the tournament at the French Open 2017, in Seoul 2017, in Luxembourg 2019, in Eastbourne 2021 and in Dubai 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Russian managed to stage a good comeback to break Jelena 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Alexandrova won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Jelena won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Alexandrova converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40). Also, on the other side, Ostapenko converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They contested 92 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Latvian (48-44). Ekaterina conceded 22 points on serve (26-22). On the losing side, the Latvian conceded 22 points on serve (22-22).
Jelena wasn’t able to offer any resistance in this set and the Russian won the set 6-0.
The Russian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40). On the other side, Ekaterina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 34 points. Alexandrova was the winner of the set after clinching 18 points more than Ostapenko (26-8). Ekaterina was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Ostapenko conceded 14 points on serve (6-14).
