Jelena Ostapenko too good for Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-3 in the final in Linz on Sunday after playing an extraordinary match to win her 8th career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. This is the first time that the Latvian conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Ostapenko added € 47,255 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned € 123,480 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:10
At the end of the match, the Latvian scored 66 points vs. Ekaterina’s 49.
Ostapenko
Jelena won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, Alexandrova wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Alexandrova is 5-5.
This was the 8th career title for Jelena. (see list of titles and finals). Alexandrova remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Shenzhen 2020, in ‘s 2022, in Seoul 2022 and in ‘s 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
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Jelena in this set played much better tennis than Alexandrova and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Latvian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Ostapenko converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jelena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Jelena was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the Russian (30-18). Jelena lost 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, Alexandrova conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ostapenko snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Jelena converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Ekaterina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 67 points. The Latvian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Russian (36-31). Jelena lost 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Ekaterina conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).
