Jelena Ostapenko defeats Badosa in the quarter to clash vs Rybakina at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

Jelena Ostapenko hustles Paula Badosa Gibert 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Rome on Wednesday. Ostapenko will have to play Elena Rybakina in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the quarter in 2018 and 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Jelena added to her prize money € 69,560 after winning this match. She has already won € 143,490 until now in this competition. If she wins the next match, the Latvian will add € 128,710 to her earnings to get in total € 272,200.

Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Jelena scored 87 points vs. Paula’s 74.

Ostapenko

Jelena was pretty focused in converting 54% of the break points that she procured (7/13).

Badosa

On the other side, Badosa wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Badosa is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Ostapenko will take on Rybakina in the semifinal.

This will be the 4^th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Elena Rybakina play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Rybakina won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Melbourne back in January 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Ostapenko conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Paula Badosa Gibert in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Latvian to win the set since Badosa managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Jelena maintained her cool to break the Spaniard in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Jelena won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

The Latvian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 2^nd (1-1 40-A) and the 5^th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Paula converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 0-40) and the 6^th game (1-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 54 points. The Latvian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Paula (30-24

). Ostapenko surrendered 8 points on serve (13-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Badosa conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).

Paula won the set after she broke the Latvian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Jelena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Badosa maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.

Badosa failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

Badosa was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th

game (5-4 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Latvian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5^th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 15-40) and the 11^th game (3-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 64 points. This set was so close that, Paula won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Paula lost 14 points on serve (17-14). on the other side of the court, Ostapenko conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

Ostapenko got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, Jelena refused to bow to come back to break the Spaniard in the 5^th (3-2) gamein the 9^th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Jelena was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5^th (2-2 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4^th game (1-2 30-40).

They contested 43 points. The Latvian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Paula (25-18). The Latvian dropped 8 points on serve (15-8). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (2-6 7-6³ 2-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-7² 7-6⁶ 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Jacopo StefaniniStefanini – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Tomislav BrkicBrkic – Tobias SimonSimon (3-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats and score progression
• Adelchi VirgiliVirgili – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-2) – H2H details and stats