Jelena Ostapenko downs the defending champion Karolina Pliskova 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Brisbane on Thursday. Ostapenko will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Victoria Azarenka in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes.
Jelena added to her prize money $ 17,600 after winning this match. She has already won $ 38,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Latvian will add $ 41,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 79,000 in total.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Karolina Pliskova Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jelena scored 107 points vs. the Czech’s 97.
Ostapenko
The Latvian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Pliskova
On the other side, Pliskova was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Ostapenko and Pliskova is 6-5 for Jelena.
Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Ostapenko will fight against Azarenka in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Azarenka won 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Indian Wells back in 2021.
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-5 6-77 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Clara BurelBurel (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Julia RieraRiera (6-1 6-74 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (5-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H details and stats