Latvian tennis player Alona Ostapenko in the eighth final of the “Gippsland Trophy WTA 500” single-player tournament taking place in Melbourne on Wednesday gave the result 7-6 (7: 4), 3-6, 2-6 to Yelina Switolina from Ukraine.
Ostapenko is ranked 45th in the WTA rank, and in the tournament she was given the 13th number, but Svitolina is in the fifth position in the world ranking and sown with the third number.
Ostapenko earned 55 WTA points for entering the eighth final.
Ostapenko performed three elusive services in this match, while the opponent had five “aisles”. The Latvian tennis player made seven double mistakes, but Svitolina had five.
The two tennis players competed against each other four times, two of which were won by Ostapenko. In the eighth final of the 2017 Wimbledon tournament, the Latvian tennis player won with 6-3, 7-6 (8: 6), the following year he was better with 7-6 (7: 3), 7-6 (7: 5) in the quarterfinals of the Miami tournament. In the last fight in the eighth final of the 2019 Doha tournament, he was superior with 6-4, 6-4.
It has already been reported that in the first round Ostapenko beat the Italian Sarah Erani (WTA 131) with the result 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, but in the second round Danka Kovinic from Montenegro (WTA 77) defeated 6-4, 7-5. .
Meanwhile, in the tournament with the third number, Svitoolina was free in the first round, but in the second with 6-1, 6-4 they defeated the world number 102 from Germany Andrei Petkovič.
Ostapenko last played in the tournament in October in the Ostrava “Premier” competition, in the second round with 4-6, 4-6 conceded to the Tunisian representative Onsa Žabera. Svitolina started the 2021 season in the tournament in Abu Dhabi, where he overcame three rounds, in the quarterfinals with 7-5, 3-6, 6-7 (3: 7) conceded to Russian tennis player Veronica Kudermetova.
During her career, Ostapenko has won three trophies, including winning the French Open in 2017, while Switolina has won 15 WTA singles, but her best achievement in the Grand Slam is the semifinals.
It has already been reported that on Tuesday, the duo of Ostapenko and Ukrainian Lyudmila Kichenoka, who was numbered in the tournament, gave way to the Americans – Coco Gofa and Katie McNallia in the first round of doubles with 3-6, 4-6.
Losing in the first round, Ostapenko finished the race with one point in the WTA doubles ranking.
There are two separate singles tournaments in Melbourne – the Yarra Valley Classic and the Gippsland Trophy.
Both hard tournaments in Melbourne will take place until February 6, and for many tennis players it is the last competition before the Australian Open.
Latvian tennis player Anastasia Sevastova on Tuesday in the second round of the Yarra Valley Classic WTA 500 single-player tournament with a result of 0-6, 3-6 gave way to Russian representative Anastasia Pavluchenko (WTA 39), losing her eighth time in eight meetings.
In the first round of the tournament, Sevastova defeated American Madison Bringle (WTA 83) with 6-4, 6-2, earning 30 WTA ranking points.
In the doubles, Sevastova and Russian Pavluchenko were scheduled to play in the first round with the tournament’s sixth rackets from China – Jifuan Xui and Joao Yuan Jan, but the Latvian / Russian duo withdrew from the tournament without earning a cash prize or WTA rankings.
In December, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) changed the names of the categories of its tournaments as the brand was renewed. The changes have been made in cooperation with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) so that the competition structure can be understood by fans at the highest level of the sport.
Starting in 2021, the highest level in WTA tournaments is WTA 1000 (formerly Premier Mandatory and Premier 5), followed by WTA 500 (Premier 700), WTA 250 (International) and WTA 125 ( 125 K) levels. Tournament points and cash bonuses remain the same as before.
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