The American beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 7-5 in the third round of the WTA 1000 in Guadalajara. To advance to the semifinals, she will clash with Emma Navarro or Leylah Fernández.
Sofia Kenin y Jelena Ostapenko They met in the second round of the Central Court of the Pan American Tennis Center, in what was undoubtedly one of the most attractive matches of the day. The Moscow-born, who was out of the circuit due to injuries, is little by little returning. She started the season outside the Top 200, but with the semi-finals in Hobart, the final in San Diego and the third instance of Wimbledon, after passing the qualifying phase, moved up a few places and settled into the sixty best in the world. In her adventure through Mexico, she defeated Carol Zhao and Anhelina Kalinina in straight sets. For her part, the Latvian achieved relevant victories this year, good results in the Majors and she is one of the great contenders for the title.
Kenin wins it in straight sets
The match started quickly with Kenin ahead on the scoreboard. Although both held on in the first two games, the American took the only chance she had in the third and took the first break. With that difference on her side, she began to hit forward, aggressively, although with a certain margin, and managed to stretch it just enough and necessary. Even though she had the opportunity to close it a few minutes before, Ostapenko was mentally strong, escaped two set points and carried out a tough game, which meant a before and after in the sleeve. However, that did not happen. Sofía was forceful, she did it to zero and took the first step for a correct 6-4.
In the second, with the need to level the score, Ostapenko narrowed the error gap, transformed them into winners and broke from the start, to go 2-0. He was able to maintain that lead by several points, but Kenin resurfaced, replicated the formula and put the score at three. As in the previous one, both were able to change course, but they made mistakes that did not allow them to. In this way, no one finished it in a timely manner and everything seemed to lead to a tie-break. However, at the peak of tension, the American showed coolness to save a break point. After overcoming that adverse moment, she was effective and sealed the victory 6-4, 7-5.
2023-09-20 21:18:25
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