By the numbers: Ostapenko maintains dominance of Haddad Maia in Miami

No.24 seed Jelena Ostapenko received the higher of No.13 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia for the fourth time in as many conferences to achieve the fourth spherical of the Miami Open, advancing 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 21 minutes.

The competition was a typical Ostapenko rollercoaster, that includes quite a few twists and turns in entrance of an enthusiastic crowd that the Latvian described as “like a soccer match” afterwards. Finally, the previous Roland Garros champion got here from 3-1 down within the third set to advance. Listed below are the important thing numbers from the wild trip.

6-0  – Ostapenko now leads her head-to-head with Haddad Maia 4-0 at professional stage. Together with a pair of junior conferences, Ostapenko has received all six instances she has confronted Haddad Maia.

Each of their junior conferences and two of their professional conferences have gone to 3 units. Ostapenko additionally defeated Haddad Maia 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4 within the 2017 Seoul remaining to win her second profession title.

41 – Winners struck by Ostapenko, together with six aces, in comparison with 17 by Haddad Maia. From 4-1 down within the second set, Ostapenko tallied 5 clear return winners and held some extent to stage at 5-5, however was unable to finish the fightback in that set.

44 – Unforced errors dedicated by Ostapenko, 19 of which got here within the second set, in comparison with 18 by Haddad Maia.

6 – Haddad Maia missed the primary six break factors she introduced up on the Ostapenko serve, till she discovered a backhand return winner to take the seventh for 2-1 within the second set. Total, Haddad Maia transformed 4 of 14 break factors, whereas Ostapenko took six out of 12.

5 – From 3-1 down within the third set, Ostapenko discovered one other purple patch and rattled by the final 5 video games of the match in a row, successful 20 of the final 23 factors and ending with one other blazing forehand winner down the road.

2 – That is the second time that Ostapenko has reached the fourth spherical in Miami. The final time was in 2018, when she made the ultimate — a run that additionally featured a third-round victory over Haddad Maia. Might the identical sample repeat? Ostapenko will face both No.25 seed Martina Trevisan or Claire Liu subsequent.