:watermark(https://f.pmo.ee//logos/4232/4ebd6f5dc62d0c4b6f1961c46e2f0303.png,-2p,-2p,0,18,none)/nginx/o/2024/01/09/15820323t1h6385.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1 "Ostapenko passes the first round of the Adelaide tournament with a victory in three sets")
For reaching the second round, the Latvian tennis player earned a bonus of 13,170 US dollars and won 60 ranking points.
Kirstea had eight double faults on serve, while Ostapenko had just three. The elusive Romanian served by one more – 8:7.
In the second round of the Adelaide tournament, i.e. the round of 16, Ostapenko will meet the French Caroline Garcia (20th WTA).
Ostapenko is ranked 12th in the WTA rankings and is the sixth seed in this tournament, while Kirstea is ranked 26th.
The two tennis players had met four times so far. Of these, Ostapenko won the first three, but so far the last one – in the second round of last year’s Wimbledon championship – overtook Kirstea.
Even in the previous two reciprocal games, the winner was determined in the third set.
Last week Ostapenko competed in the “WTA 500” series tournament in Brisbane, where she lost to Victoria Azarenka (WTA No. 23) 3-6, 6-3, 5-7 in the quarterfinals. Kirstea met Czech Linda Noskova (WTA No. 40) in the first round and lost 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 for her fifth consecutive defeat.
Last season, Kirstea reached the semifinals of the “WTA 1000” tournament for the first time after a ten-year break, and for the second time in her career she played the quarterfinals of the “Grand Slam”, entering the top eight in the US Open rankings. She won two titles during her career.
Last year Ostapenko was stopped in the first round at the Adelaide tournament, coming within one point of the WTA ranking. The Romanian also lost in the first round at the Adelaide tournament last year after making it through two qualifying rounds.
The Latvian tennis player will also compete in the doubles tournament with her usual opponent Ludmila Kichenoka from Ukraine in Adelaide.
After the Adelaide tournament, from 14 to 28 January, the tennis players will compete in the first “Grand Slam” tournament of the season: the Australian Open Championship.
2024-01-09 05:21:34
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