2024-07-07 18:40:03
The game, which was supposed to start at approximately 2 p.m. Latvian time, was delayed due to rain.
Ostapenko, who is ranked 14th in the WTA and is seeded 13th in the tournament, beat the American Bernarda Peru (WTA 97th) 6-1, 6-3.
Pera started the game with a serve, but the game was won by Ostapenko, who finished the next game “dry”.
The American won the third game, but the Latvian first racket was better in the next four. She was unable to use three set balls in a row, but added a point to the set with the fourth set ball.
Ostapenko started the second set with a serve, who gave her opponent three consecutive break points that were not used, but Pera won with the fourth break point, taking a 2-0 lead after her service game.
The Latvian tennis player won the next four games, but in the seventh game the opponent used the second of three break points.
In the very next game, Ostapenko reached 5-3 with the second break point, and in the ninth game with the first match point, she scored a point.
Ostapenko has earned 240 world ranking points for her performance at Wimbledon.
The two tennis players met on the court for the third time. Last year, Ostapenko celebrated her victory in the third round of the US Open, but in 2019, Pera won in the first round of the Jurmala tournament.
In the first round match, the Latvian tennis player beat Australian Ajla Tomljanovič (WTA 136th), who received a special invitation from the organizers, 6-1, 6-2, and in the second round, Ukrainian Darja Snigur (WTA 130th), who overcame the qualification, 6-3, 6-0.
The American defeated the Russian Anastasia Potapova (WTA 41) in the first round with 6-7 (4:7), 6-4, 7-6 (10:6) and in the second round with 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 – French tennis players Caroline Garcia (WTA 24th).
Ostapenko is competing in the Wimbledon tournament for the ninth time, and the best achievement is the semifinal reached in 2018. Last year, she did not make it past the second round, losing to Romanian Sorana Kirstea in a battle lasting more than two and a half hours.
On the other hand, Pera is playing in Wimbledon for the sixth time, overcoming the first round for the first time this year.
In the round of 16, the winner of the match will meet the Kazakh tennis player Yuliya Putintseva (WTA 35th), who beat the world leader Iga Schwiontek from Poland 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
It has already been reported that Latvian tennis player Darja Semenistaja, who lost in the first round, did not pass the qualification.
Ostapenko has reached the second round of the doubles competition at Wimbledon with her regular partner Lyudmila Kichenok from Ukraine.
The third “Grand Slam” tournament of the season, the Wimbledon Championship, will take place until July 14.
2024-07-07 18:40:03