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Ostapenko is ranked thirteenth within the WTA rating and is seeded fifth within the event, whereas Minnena, who beforehand certified, is ranked eighty fifth on the planet.
Reaching the second spherical provides the Latvian tennis participant 60 WTA rating factors.
Ostapenko will meet within the second spherical with British tennis participant Katie Boulter (WTA thirty second) or one other tennis participant from Croatia, Petar Martic (WTA 74th), who has overcome the barrier of the qualifying event. They’re scheduled to play their first spherical match on Tuesday.
Ostapenko began the match with a misplaced serve, however instantly broke her opponent, making it 1-1. Within the continuation of the set, the tennis gamers exchanged breaks twice and the winner was determined in a tiebreak, during which Ostapenko shortly strengthened her lead and prevailed with 7:3.
Within the fifth sport of the second set, with Ostapenko main 3-1, she slipped on a bruised proper hip. After a medical break, she returned and gained three of the subsequent 4 video games to go 4-1. Within the seventh sport on the opponent’s serve, the Latvian tennis participant didn’t use the primary match level, however she managed to take action with the second transfer, when she added a degree to the match – 6-1.
On this event, Minnen overcame two qualifying rounds, beating Japan’s Mojuka Uchijima 7-5, 6-3 within the first, whereas her opponent from Colombia, Camila Osorio, didn’t enter the court docket within the second.
In the one mutual match thus far, within the first spherical of final yr’s Wimbledon event, Latvia’s first racket gained 6-1, 6-2.
That is Ostapenko’s second event on grass this yr, the Riga participant suffered a loss on Monday within the first spherical match of the Birmingham “WTA 250” event. Minnen reached the quarterfinals of the Hertogenbosch “WTA 250” sequence within the Netherlands in mid-June, and the semifinals of the “WTA 125” sequence on the US event in Charleston in mid-March.
Ostapenko will play on this competitors for the eighth time. In 2021, the Riga participant defeated the Estonian Aneta Kontaveita within the ultimate 6-3, 6-3, however a yr later she misplaced to the Czech Petra Kvitova within the ultimate 3-6, 2-6.
Ostapenko has gained two WTA 500 titles this season with a 24-11 win-loss document. The Belgian’s document this season is 16-21.
Ostapenko may also play within the doubles event collectively together with her common associate Ukrainian Lyudmila Kichenok, assembly the worldwide duo Elixana Lechemy (France)/Kimberly Zimmermann (Belgium) within the first spherical.
The event in Eastbourne takes place on grass courts and Ostapenko is the final one earlier than the Wimbledon Championships.
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