# Today, the first racket of the Baltics Aļona Ostapenko (WTA 9th) and the fourth best tennis player Sjiju Vana (#64), who was ranked 49th in the world last January, will compete .
• Ostapenko won the only match between them (6:4, 6:7, 6:1) three years ago.
• In 2023, Ostapenko’s singles record was 37-22, while Vana just matched 27-25. This year, 14-3 and 6-5 respectively.
• Vana has a 1-5 record against the “top 10” players of the respective season. The only victory (3:6, 7:5, 7:5) was achieved in the second round of the 2022 “US Open” against the Greek Maria Sakari (#3).
• During her 26-year career, Ostapenko has won eight WTA tournaments, including Adelaide “WTA 500” in January and Linz “WTA 500” in February. Four years young, Vana won the Guangzhou “WTA 250” title in September.
• At the “Grand Slam” level, Ostapenko has the “French Open” championship title (2017) and the Wimbledon semifinals (2018). Vana played in the third round of the 2022 US Open.
• Ostapenko won the Dubai “WTA 500” two years ago, but this year it is already the “WTA 1000”. Vana starts here for the first time.
• In the qualifiers for the current tournament, Vana defeated (6:4, 6:2) Erika Andrejeva (#106) and defeated (6:3, 6:2) Säru Erani (#94), Ostapenko himself won the doubles match yesterday.
• It was 23 degrees outside the weather.
• The winner of the duet will face Spain’s Paula Bados (#79) or Switzerland’s Lulu Suņa (#202) for the second time.
Resources used:
wtatennis.com
2024-02-18 22:55:00
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