the czech Barbora Krejcikova, number 4 on the WTA and seeded number 4, fulfilled the predictions by winning by 2-6, 6-4 and 6-4 in two hours and fourteen minutes Jelena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player, number 27 in the WTA and seeded number 26, in the round of 32 of the Australian Open. With this result, the winner will be in the second round of the Australian Open.
Ostapenko managed to break her opponent’s serve 3 times, while the Czech tennis player also did it 3 times. In addition, Krejcikova had a 61% effectiveness in the first serve, committed 7 double faults and achieved 60% of the points on serve, while her rival obtained a 69% effectiveness, committed a double fault and managed to win 60%. of points to serve.
During the round of 16 Krejcikova will face the Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenko, number 25 and seeded number 24.
the tournament of melbourne (Australian Open Individual Fem.) takes place between January 9 and 30 on an outdoor hard court. During this competition, a total of 238 tennis players face each other and a total of 128 reach the final phase. The players come from those who qualify directly, those who have been overcoming the previous phases of the tournament and the invited players.