Jelena Ostapenko routs the 2023 runner-up Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-2 in the final in Adelaide on Saturday after playing a marvellous match to win her 7th career title, the 1st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. This is the first time that Jelena conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Ostapenko added $ 54,345 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 142,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Daria Kasatkina Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ostapenko scored 65 points vs. Darya’s 48.
Ostapenko
Jelena served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (10/25) on her second serve. Jelena didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Kasatkina
On the other side, the Russian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Kasatkina is 6-2 for Jelena.
This was the 7th career title for Jelena. (see list of titles and finals). The Russian remains with 6th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Ostapenko was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Latvian to win the set because Kasatkina managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Latvian maintained her cool to break Kasatkina in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Jelena converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Darya converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3rd game (0-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 65 points. Ostapenko conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Darya (37-28). The Latvian surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Ostapenko conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for Jelena to win the set as Darya succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. Jelena kept her cool to break Darya in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Jelena was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Darya converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 0th (0-2 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Jelena was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Russian (28-20). Ostapenko lost 12 points on serve (17-12). In addition, on the other side, Kasatkina conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).