Ostapenko Last Match

[Jen Ronnfeldt]

This will be the 3rd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Rebecca Sramkova square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ostapenko and Sramkova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Ostapenko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (305-199). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ostapenko has a composed 66-42 match record in the last years on clay.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Adelaide where she overcame Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Linz where she overcame Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final 6-2 6-3.

Ostapenko played 2 matches while Sramkova competed in 5 matches. Sramkova started her run from the qualifications while Ostapenko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jelena Ostapenko surrendered 1 set, while Rebecca Sramkova surrendered 1 set. Ostapenko has played 6 set(s) less than Sramkova (5 vs 11). Therefore, Ostapenko played 59 games less than Sramkova. Jelena scored 57 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian scored 153 winners (39%).

Ostapenko fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Sramkova also scored 8 aces (1.6 per match). Ostapenko won 58% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Sramkova won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

The Latvian broke her opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Ostapenko dropped her serve 10 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Sramkova broke her opponents 26 times with a 58% conversion rate. Sramkova conceded her serve 15 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

"I don't know why I played that bad," Swiatek said. "I'm not happy with my performances on hard courts this year. But overall, I did a pretty good job at maintaining my level. I'm happy I'm going to have time to practice because I miss that."

This was not necessarily a huge surprise, based on their previous matchups: Ostapenko has now improved to 4-0 against Swiatek over their careers. No other player owns four victories against the woman who has led the WTA rankings since April 2022.

With Swiatek having trouble serving -- perhaps owing to all of the squeaking Ostapenko's shoes did as she moved around during the ball toss while waiting to return -- the contest quickly tilted in one direction. Ostapenko reeled off seven consecutive games to go up 5-0 in the third set.

Swiatek's loss comes less than a week after she opened the tournament with a dominant performance, defeating unseeded Rebecca Peterson of Sweden 6-0, 6-1 last Monday. But she did mention after that win that she felt her tank was "pretty empty" after losing in the Montreal and Cincinnati semifinals in August.

Tauson raced out to a 5-1 lead with two breaks in the first set. Ostapenko pulled one of the two breaks of serve in the eighth game for 3-5, but Tauson earned her third break to win the first set 6-3.

Ostapenko, who was playing her first match since losing the Australian Open doubles final last Sunday, went down 1-4 in the second set but she came back by winning five consecutive games with two breaks of serve to clinch the second set 6-4.

Tauson held a match point as she was serving for the match at 5-3 in the third set, but Ostapenko pulled back on serve with a backhand winner to draw level to 5-5. Ostapenko converted her third match point with a forehand to win the tie-break 9-7. Ostapenko will take on British qualifier Jodie Burrage in the quarter final.

Cocciaretto broke twice in the third and seventh games to win the first set 6-2. The Italian player went up a 2-0 lead with a break in the first game and earned a double break point in the seventh game, but Potapova saved it before breaking serve in the eighth game to draw level to 4-4. Potapova saved two match points in the tie-break at 6-7 and 7-8 and won the final two points to clinch the tie-break 11-9.

Potapova saved four break points in a 22-point second game of the third set. The Russian player broke serve in the ninth game to take a 5-4 lead. Cocciaretto saved three match points in the 10th game before breaking serve to draw level to 5-5. Potapova broke serve in the 11th game and sealed the win on her fourth match point.

Elise Mertens, who won the Australian Open doubles title, cruised past Lucia Bronzetti 6-1 6-3. Mertens broke three times to win the first set 6-1. The Belgian player broke serve at 15 in the sixth game to take a 4-2. Bronzetti broke straight back in the seventh game for 3-4, but Mertens broke for the second time to seal the second set 6-3.

The teenager will next take on world No.248 Oksana Selekhmeteva with the winner of that match progressing to their first WTA semi-final. 21-year-old Selekhmeteva is a former top 10 junior player who came through two rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw. She is a two-time junior Grand Slam champion in doubles.

De Minaur is bidding to become the first male player from his country to win an Olympic medal in the singles event. He has already won two ATP titles this year in Alcapulco and s-Hertogenbosch. Since the start of January, he has won five out of 11 meetings against top 10 players.

The Danish world No.17 recently retired from his quarter-final match at the Hamburg Open due to a knee injury. The hope at the time was that his withdrawal would be just a precautionary measure ahead of the Olympics. However, he is also dealing with a second issue that appears to be more serious.

So far this season, the 21-year-old has won 27 matches on the Tour but is yet to claim a title. He reached the final of the Brisbane International and then the semi-finals of three more events. In the Grand Slams, he made it to the fourth round of the French Open and Wimbledon.

Ostapenko sealed her first straight sets win after enduring a marathon draw, dispatching Linda Noskova, superstar Venus Williams, Magdalena Frech, and Anastasia Potapova prior to her career-first final in Birmingham.

Speaking on her opponent, Ostapenko added: She is a great player and congratulations to her and her team on what has been a great week. Hopefully we will play many more finals and I wish you good luck in Eastbourne and Wimbledon.

The Latvian, ranked 17, forged the first break point of the match six games into the opening set. However, Krejcikova, who broke into the top 10 for a second time in her career after a concrete run of form in Birmingham, diverted any signs of danger before winning two break points of her own.

As they battled on the baseline with some righteous depth, the two women entered their first tiebreak since their last match up in Rome. Much like their previous encounter, Ostapenko peppered the Czech with her clinical forehand, saving set point and earning four to eventually seal the opener at the fourth time of asking.

Despite the top seed threatening her revival after closing the chasm with a solitary break, the now six-time Tour level champion kept her composure as she produced a mighty hold to see out the match in just shy of two hours.

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