Jelena Ostapenko beats Barbora Krejcikova 7-6(8) 6-4 in the final in Birmingham on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. This is the first time that the Latvian conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Ostapenko added $ 14,002 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 34,228 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Barbora Krejcikova Rothesay Classic – Birmingham
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jelena scored 79 points vs. the Czech’s 72.
Ostapenko
Ostapenko served extremely well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (22/33) on her second serve. Jelena was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (2/3).
Krejcikova
On the other side, Krejcikova was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Krejcikova is 5-2 for Jelena.
This was the 6th career title for Ostapenko. She won the previous title in Dubai. (see list of titles and finals). Barbora remains with 6th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Ostapenko won the set after she broke Krejcikova .
The Latvian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Krejcikova was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 90 points. Ostapenko was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Czech (47-43). Ostapenko surrendered 16 points on serve (35-16). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).
Ostapenko had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Barbora Krejcikova in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Ostapenko to win the set because Krejcikova found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
They played 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Latvian won just 2 points more than Krejcikova (31-29). Jelena conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Jelena Ostapenko in Birmingham |
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