Ostapenko arrived at the WTA 500 tournament after losing to Victoria Azarenka in the third round of the Australian Open. The Latvian tennis player started the tournament with a difficult match against Clara Tauson, but still beat the Dane 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7). She then beat Jodie Burrage 6-1, 6-2 to face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinals.
Ostapenko showed another good performance against the Russian, winning a crushing victory with a score of 6-2, 6-3 and reaching the final of the Linz Open.
Alexandrova arrived at the WTA 500 tournament after the disastrous Australian Open and first-round elimination by German tennis veteran Laura Siegemund. The Russian in Linz defeated Julie Niemeyer with a score of 6-3, 6-0, then won with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (8) over her compatriot Anastasia Potapova and reached the semi-finals.
In the semi-final, the Russian met Donna Vekic and they played a very epic match in three sets with two tiebreakers. Alexandrova lost the first set 5-7, then won the second set in a tiebreaker 7-6. The third set also ended in a tiebreaker and Alexandrov lost 1-5. However, the Russian then made a brilliant comeback and won it 8-6.
Alexandrova leads with a score of 5-4 in head-to-head matches with Ostapenko. Their last meeting was in the semi-finals of this year’s Adelaide International, where Ostapenko won 6-2, 7-6(3).
Forecast for the match Elena Ostapenko – Ekaterina Alexandrova
Both players are in good form at the moment, but Ostapenko will likely be considered the favorite due to her higher ranking, her better performances this year and the fact that she has beaten Alexandrova in her last two meetings. -face. However, the Russian is the all-time leader in this match and it won’t be easy to defeat her.
Ostapenko has hit 20 aces so far in Linz. The Latvian tennis player plays best when she is aggressive, and Alexandrova will struggle to counter her powerful shots.
The Russian is also very strong on serve: she scored 28 aces during the WTA 500 tournament in Linz. However, in her last match, she committed 12 double faults.
Alexandrova plays aggressively but is also a good counter-attacking player.
The match promises to be long, since the tennis players are equal in strength. Three sets with tie-breaks are entirely possible. Perhaps there will be a repeat of the match between Alekandrova and Vekic, and Ekaterina’s character should help her in the final.
Forecast: Victory for Alexandrova in three sets.
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