Stout Ekaterina Alexandrova outlasts Vekic in the semifinal to play vs Ostapenko. HIGHLIGHTS – LINZ RESULTS

Ekaterina Alexandrova outlasts Donna Vekic 5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Linz on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Alexandrova will have to play Jelena Ostapenko in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

The Russian added to her prize money € 31,700 after winning this match. She has already won € 76,225 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 47,255 to her earnings to get in total € 123,480 in total.

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Donna Vekic Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Ekaterina scored 132 points vs. Vekic’s 128.

Alexandrova

Ekaterina fired 12 aces and she committed 12 double faults. The Russian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).

Vekic

On the other side, Donna had some problems converting her break points (only 43% – 6/14). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Alexandrova and Vekic is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Alexandrova will compete against Ostapenko in the final.

This will be the 10^th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jelena Ostapenko play each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but Ostapenko leads 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Ostapenko won 6-2 7-6³ in the semifinal in Adelaide back in January 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Alexandrova took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 1^st

game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Donna to win the set since Alexandrova managed to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Vekic maintained her cool to break Alexandrova in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Ekaterina capitulated the 1^st game (1-0) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. Ekaterina was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.

The Croatian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 9^th (4-4 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Alexandrova was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (0-1 30-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 40-A).

They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Croatian won just 3 more points than Alexandrova (48-45). The Croatian surrendered 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 24 points on serve (32-24).

Alexandrova won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (3-4) game, Ekaterina broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (4-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.

Ekaterina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 6^th (2-3 15-40), the 8^th (3-4 15-40) and the 14^th game (7-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Vekic converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexandrova won just 3 points more than Vekic (44-41). Alexandrova lost 20 points on serve (26-20). on the other side of the court, Vekic conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).

Alexandrova had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Alexandrova managed to stage a good comeback to break Donna in the 5^th (3-2) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Alexandrova won 5 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2), 7^th (2-5), 8^th (3-5), 11^th (6-5) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, Vekic won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 2^nd (2-0), 5^th (4-1) and 6^th (5-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Ekaterina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5^th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). Ekaterina saved 4 set points when she was 1-5, 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. In addition on the other side, Vekic converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 40-A).

They contested 82 points. Ekaterina won 4 points more than the Croatian (43-39). Ekaterina dropped 18 points on serve (26-18). In addition, on the other side, Donna conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

Tennis Scores in Linz

• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Donna VekicVekic (5-7 7-6⁴ 7-6⁶) – Stats and score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (3-4) – H2H details and stats