Great Jelena Ostapenko wins the Adelaide International. HIGHLIGHTS – ADELAIDE RESULTS

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 7^th career title, the 1^st 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 1^st 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 7^th career title for Jelena. (see list of titles and finals). The Russian remains with 6^th titles. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Ostapenko was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Daria Kasatkina in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Latvian to win the set because Kasatkina managed to break back in the 3^rd

(1-2) game. The Latvian maintained her cool to break Kasatkina in the 6^th (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 2^nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10^th 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 1^st

(0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3^rd 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 2^nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for Jelena to win the set as Darya succeeded in breaking back in the 6^th (2-4) game. Jelena kept her cool to break Darya in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Jelena was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4^th (3-1 15-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Darya converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 0^th (0-2 30-40) and the 6^th 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).