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Ostapenko, who’s ranked tenth within the WTA rating and seeded ninth within the event, beat Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova (WTA 120) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7:3).
The opponent of the Latvian tennis participant within the quarter-finals would be the second racket of the planet, the Belarusian Arina Sabaļenka, or the Ukrainian Elina Svitoļina (WTA nineteenth), seeded sixteenth within the event.
Reaching the quarterfinals provides 215 WTA rating factors and means that you can proceed the combat for securing a spot within the prime ten.
Within the first two units, the victories have been determined by one break on the finish. Within the first set, Shramkova took Ostapenko’s serve within the ninth sport and reached 6-4 within the subsequent, however within the second Ostapenko broke her opponent within the tenth sport and received 6-4.
The Latvian tennis participant began the third set with a convincingly misplaced serve, however reached 3-3 with a break within the sixth. The opponent regained the benefit of the purpose within the ninth sport when she received all of the video games on Ostapenko’s serve, however within the subsequent sport Ostapenko answered with the identical – 5-5.
Additionally within the eleventh sport, Shramkova reached 40-0, however Ostapenko performed again three break factors and saved her serve. Though Ostapenko didn’t maintain a match level after that, she prevailed 7-3 within the third set tiebreak.
The Latvian tennis participant was free from the primary spherical, within the match of the second spherical she beat the Russian Anastasia Potapova (WTA forty third) 6-4, 6-2, however within the 1/16 finals she beat the Spaniard Sara Sorrives 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 -Tormo (WTA 47).
For Shramkova, this was her sixth match on the courts of Rome this 12 months. First, she overcame two qualifying rounds, defeating Latvian tennis participant Darja Semenistaja 6-4, 6-3 within the decisive match. In the principle event, the Slovakian defeated Georgia Pedona from residence with 6-4, 6-1, the twenty sixth racket of the competitors from Nice Britain Katie Bolter (WTA twenty eighth) with 6-4, 7-6 (10:8) and with 6-4, 4- 6, 6-4 – American Sofia Kenina (WTA 58th).
Ostapenko has received eight WTA singles tournaments in her profession, successful two of them this 12 months. In January, she received the Adelaide “WTA 500” collection event, and in February – the Linz “WTA 500” collection event.
Shramkova has no singles wins on the WTA event but.
Ostapenko is enjoying in Rome for the ninth time, reaching the semi-finals final 12 months, whereas Shramkova is enjoying right here for the primary time. She began this 12 months within the ITF collection tournaments, successful the Porto ITF W-40 competitors within the flip of January and February, however enjoying principally within the qualifiers within the massive tournaments.
Latvia’s primary racket additionally competes within the doubles event in Rome along with Ukrainian Lyudmila Kichenoka.
The event in Rome takes place on clay courts.
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