Jelena Ostapenko prevails over Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Adelaide on Friday. Ostapenko will fight against Daria Kasatkina in the final. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Ostapenko added to her prize money $ 36,450 after winning this match. She has already won $ 87,655 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ostapenko will add $ 54,345 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:41
After this encounter, the head to head between Ostapenko and Alexandrova is 4-5 for Ekaterina.
Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Ostapenko will square off with Kasatkina in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Daria Kasatkina square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but Kasatkina leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ostapenko won 6-4 4-6 6-0 in the 4th round in Rome back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Ostapenko conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Ostapenko to win the set since the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Ostapenko kept her focus to break Ekaterina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Ostapenko failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Jelena converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Alexandrova converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 40-A and 40-A).
They played 69 points. Jelena conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Ekaterina (40-29). Ostapenko dropped 18 points on serve (22-18). on the other side of the court, Ekaterina conceded 18 points on serve (11-18).
The Latvian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Latvian broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Latvian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Alexandrova won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Jelena converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 78 points. Jelena was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Ekaterina (43-35). Ostapenko lost 15 points on serve (20-15). On the other side, the Russian conceded 23 points on serve (20-23).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
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- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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