2024-07-09 12:14:29
Ostapenko, who is ranked 14th in the WTA and is seeded 13th in the tournament, beat Kazakh tennis player Julia Putintseva (WTA 35th) 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 16.
The Latvian tennis player confidently started the first set, winning five games in a row. In the continuation, she lost one game of her own service, but in the continuation, Ostapenko was superior in the opponent’s service game, winning the first set 6-2.
The second set started with Ostapenko losing her own service game, but the Latvian was then superior in two of her opponent’s service games, which allowed her to take a 4-2 lead. In the remaining part of the set, the Latvian guarded the advantage and, using the third match point, won the second set 6-3.
For reaching the quarterfinals, Ostapenko earned 430 world ranking points.
In the quarterfinals, the Latvian tennis player will meet the 11th ranked American Daniela Collins (WTA 11th) or the 31st ranked Czech Barbora Krejčīkova (WTA 32nd), who will also compete on Monday.
In the match of the first round, the Latvian tennis player beat the Australian Ajla Tomljanovič (WTA 136th), who received a special invitation from the organizers, 6-1, 6-2, in the second round, the Ukrainian Daria Snigur (WTA 130th), who overcame the qualification, 6-3, 6-0, but beat the American Bernarda Peru (WTA 97) 6-1, 6-3 in the third. Ostapenko has 19 wins in the main tournament at Wimbledon – the most of any tournament.
In the first round, Putintseva defeated the former leader of the ranking German Angelique Kerber (WTA 221) in the first round with 7-5, 6-3, in the second she defeated the former doubles leader of the Czech Republic Katerzyna Sinjakova (WTA 36) with 6-0, 4-6, 6-2. but in the third round he won 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 over the current number one racket on the planet, the Polish Iga Šviontek.
Ostapenko is competing in the Wimbledon tournament for the ninth time, and the best achievement is the semi-final 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.
Putintseva competed in the “Grand Slam” tournament in Great Britain for the first time until the fourth round. Just before Wimbledon, she won her third career WTA title, winning the 250-point event in Birmingham.
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 quarterfinals of the doubles competition at Wimbledon with her regular partner Ludmila Kichenok from Ukraine.
The third “Grand Slam” tournament of the season, the Wimbledon Championship, will take place until July 14.
2024-07-09 12:14:29