Jelena Ostapenko hustles Potapova in the semifinal to battle vs Krejcikova at the Rothesay Classic. HIGHLIGHTS – BIRMINGHAM RESULTS

ROTHESAY CLASSIC - BIRMINGHAM DRAW AND RESULTS. Ostapenko conquers Potapova to fight against Barbora Krejcikova in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anastasia Potapova

Jelena Ostapenko gets the better of Anastasia Potapova 5-7 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Birmingham on Saturday. Ostapenko will play against Barbora Krejcikova in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the quarter in 2016 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Ostapenko
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Ostapenko's Record

The Latvian added to her prize money $ 8,950 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 20,226 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ostapenko will add $ 14,002 to her earnings to get in total $ 34,228 in total.

Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anastasia Potapova Rothesay Classic – Birmingham

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ostapenko
Potapova
Jelena Ostapenko
5-7 6-2 6-4
2h:07
Anastasia Potapova
105
105
Total points
95
95
41
41
Winners
33
33
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
8
8
63%
63%
1st in
55%
55%
61%
61%
1st won
63%
63%
41/67
41/67
1st won
33/52
33/52
62%
62%
2nd won
50%
50%
24/39
24/39
2nd won
21/42
21/42
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
3/9
3/9
56%
56%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Ostapenko scored 105 points vs. Anastasia’s 95.

Ostapenko

The Latvian was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).

Potapova

On the other side, Anastasia wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Potapova is 1-0 for Jelena.

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

Ostapenko will face Krejcikova in the final.

This will be the 7th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Barbora Krejcikova play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Ostapenko won 7-62 6-0 in the 3rd round in Rome back in May 2023.

Jelena Ostapenko Draw info

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Anastasia clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Russian broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.

Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.

Potapova was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Ostapenko was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40).

They played 100 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Potapova won just 2 points more than Ostapenko (51-49). The Russian dropped 18 points on serve (26-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Jelena conceded 25 points on serve (31-25).

Ostapenko had a favorable start in this set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Jelena to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

Ostapenko converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ostapenko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. Ostapenko was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Russian (28-23). Ostapenko dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Anastasia conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).

The Latvian won the set after she broke Anastasia in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Anastasia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Jelena kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.

Ostapenko was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (2-3 15-40).

They played 49 points. The Latvian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Potapova (28-21). Ostapenko conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the court, Potapova conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).

 

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