Thursday was full of great games with 8 players looking for their place in the quarter finals. The first game of the day took place between the Tunisian Ons Jabeur and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko took place, a game that Jabeur won in 84 sets in 6: 4, 6: 4.
Defeated at the end of this encounter Elise Mertens, the seventh seed, the Czech Karolina Muchova in 83 minutes with 6: 4, 6: 2. Aryna sabalenka saved a match that she apparently had already lost to Cori Gauff as she lost 1-6, 7-5 and 2-5 on the American teen’s serve to end the match, but the Belarusian won six games in a row Tiebreak, in which she won 7 to 2 points.
The American Jennifer Brady defeated the Russian Daria Kasatkina 7: 5, 6: 2. And finally the surprise of the day was for the Russian Veronika Kudermetovawho defeated Czech number 2 Karolina Pliskova 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 in one hour and 56 minutes.
With this result, the tournament remains without local players, but this does not mean that there are no highly qualified players in the quarter-finals.
Eight players remain in Ostrava looking for the title
The four quarter-finals of the J & T Banka Ostrava Open will be played on Friday: The Greek Maria Sakkari meets the Tunisian Jabeur, the Belarusian and the number 4 seed Victoria Azarenka meets the Belgian and the number 7 seeds Elise Mertens, American Jennifer Brady to Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo to Belarusian and third semen Aryna sabalenka.
In doubles, Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka, who are considered number 1, wait in the semi-finals for the winners between Kirsten Flipkens / Demi Schuurs against Nadia Kichenok / Monica Niculescu. In the other semifinals, Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani will face number 2 seeds, the Czech couple Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
Which players will reach the semi-finals in singles and the finals in doubles? Photo credit: Taiwan News / Associated Press
