Italian Open 2024: Aryna Sabalenka vs Jelena Ostapenko preview, head-to-head prediction, live streaming details

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Published at :May 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM

Modified at :May 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM

Italian Open 2024: Aryna Sabalenka vs Jelena Ostapenko preview, head-to-head prediction, live streaming details

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Sabalenka leads the head-to-head record by 2-0. This would be their third meeting.

World No. #2 Aryna Sabalenka has reached one step closer to her maiden title in Rome. The Belarusian tennis star defeated Elina Svitolina in the round of 16 on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the Italian Open 2024.

Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka will face Latvian tennis player Jelena Ostapenko in the last eight. Sabalenka prevailed 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) against two-time Italian Open champion Elina Svitolina in a hard-fought match.

Meanwhile, Ostapenko edged out Rebecca Sramkova in a three-set match to reach the final eight of the tournament. She lost the opening set against the Slovak tennis player; however, the ninth seed bounced back and went on to win the next two sets to seal the victory.

Aryna Sabalenka vs Jelena Ostapenko match details

Date: May 15

Time: 4:30 PM IST (Tentative)

Venue: Foro Italico, Rome

Aryna Sabalenka vs Jelena Ostapenko preview

Aryna Sabalenka is the new queen of drop shots, as it certainly looked like it against Svitolina in the round of 16 match. Despite a shaky start, Sabalenka stood strong against the former Italian Open champion. The Belarusian has won 23 of the 29 matches this season.

Her performance on clay has been remarkable, as she has emerged victorious in nine out of 11 matches. The World No. 2 started her season by defending her Australian Open title. Later, she suffered early eliminations in the Dubai Tennis Championships, the Miami Open, and the Stuttgart Open.

Looking at Sabalenka’s career achievements, she has won 20 career titles in total, 14 in singles and six in doubles. However, the 26-year-old hasn’t tasted victory in Rome.

On the other hand, Ostapenko reached the final in Adelaide by defeating Sorana Cirstea, Caroline Garcia, Marta Kostyuk, and Ekaterina Alexandrova in January. As a result, she also returned to the top 10 in the WTA rankings. Moreover, Ostapenko defeated Anastasia Potopova, and Sara Sorribos Tormo to secure a spot in the fourth round.

Head-to-head record

Matches: 2

Aryna Sabalenka: 2

Jelena Ostapenko: 0

Sabalenka leads the head-to-head record by 2-0. The last match between the two took place on February 22, 2023, at the Dubai Duty-Free Championship, where Sabalenka won in three sets (2-6, 6-1, 6-1).

Where and how to watch live streaming and TV broadcast of Aryna Sabalenka vs Jelena Ostapenko, Italian Open 2024, quarter-final in India?

Unfortunately, there won’t be a live telecast of the WTA 1000 matches in India. However, fans can catch the live action of this clash on Tennis TV as well as on WTA TV.

Prediction

Jelena Ostapenko must be looking forward to opening her account against Sabalenka. However, it won’t be a cakewalk, as the 26-year-old is currently in red-hot form. Nevertheless, Ostapenko has better return game stats in comparison to Sabalenka.

Recently, World No. 10 Ostapenko has saved 56.64% of breakpoints and converted 45%, whereas Sabalenka has saved 61.2% of breakpoints while converting 47%.

Sabalenka faced a back issue in her last game against Svitolina, but she managed to pull off a thriller. She would be sceptical about her match against Ostapenko in QF. She does have a day off to recover, but, with the French Open around the corner, she might go a little easy in the quarterfinal tie. This year, Ostapenka has a 24/9 win-loss record, whereas Sabalenka boasts a 23/6 win-loss record.

In the last year, Ostapenko has played most of her matches on the Masters series, winning 59.26% of matches (W/L 16/11), whereas Sabalenka has played most of their matches on the Masters series, winning 68.97% of matches (W/L 20/9).

Prediction: Sabalenka to win in three sets.

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Alex graduated in mass communication in 2016 and has been covering global sports for Khel Now since then. He is covering sports tech, igaming, sports betting and casino domain from 2017.