Jelena Ostapenko overcomes Cirstea at the 2nd round to collide vs Krejcikova – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Ostapenko ousts Cirstea to compete 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. Sorana Cirstea

Jelena Ostapenko dispatches Sorana Cirstea 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Ostapenko will seek to keep on going in this event against Barbora Krejcikova in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Rome
Ostapenko's Record

Ostapenko added to her prize money € 10,048 after winning this match. She has already won € 22,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ostapenko will add € 16,430 to her earnings to get in total € 39,130 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ostapenko
Cirstea
Jelena Ostapenko
6-3 3-6 6-2
2h:14
Sorana Cirstea
111
111
Total points
94
94
36
36
Winners
40
40
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
62%
62%
1st in
66%
66%
59%
59%
1st won
57%
57%
36/61
36/61
1st won
40/70
40/70
61%
61%
2nd won
39%
39%
23/38
23/38
2nd won
14/36
14/36
-- Break Points --
6/17
6/17
Total
4/13
4/13
35%
35%
Won
31%
31%
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At the end of the match, Ostapenko scored 111 points vs. the Romanian’s 94.

Ostapenko

Ostapenko won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 35% (6/17) of the procured opportunities.

Cirstea

On the other side, the Romanian was struggling when converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Cirstea is 3-0 for Jelena.

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

Ostapenko will compete against Krejcikova in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Barbora Krejcikova fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ostapenko won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Doha back in 2022.

Jelena Ostapenko Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Ostapenko was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Jelena to win the set as the Romanian found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Latvian kept her cool to break Sorana in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Ostapenko converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Cirstea converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 66 points. The Latvian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Romanian (37-29). Ostapenko dropped 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Cirstea conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).

2nd Set -
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Ostapenko conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Romanian to win the set as the Latvian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.

Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

Sorana was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Ostapenko was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 40-A).

They played 82 points. This set was so close that, The Romanian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Romanian dropped 17 points on serve (22-17). on the other side of the net, Jelena conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).

3rd Set -
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Ostapenko had a racing start in this set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Jelena managed to boost her lead after breaking Sorana in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Jelena failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

Jelena converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Cirstea was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 57 points. Jelena was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Cirstea (33-24). Jelena dropped 12 points on serve (17-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Cirstea conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

1st
Ostapenko
Cirstea
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Ostapenko
Cirstea
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
1
5
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
3rd
Ostapenko
Cirstea
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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