Ostapenko, the main favorite of the tournament, won in three sets with 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) over Denmark’s Klara Tauson, who entered the main tournament after overcoming the qualification.
Having lost the first four games in the match, Ostapenko was able to make the end more intense in the first set, in which Towson nevertheless protected the advantage. The Dane took a 4-1 lead in the second set as well, but Alona was superior in the next five games in a row. In the deciding third set, Towson got off to a better start once again, going 3-1 up, while Ostapenko was able to tie things up at 3-3. Tausone reached the match point in the ninth game, which Alona played back and got closer to 4-5. In the set and in the match, a tiebreak was decisive, in the end of which the Latvian tennis player was superior.
All fight from the top seed ????@JelenaOstapenk8 is into the final eight after battling past Tauson in a three set thriller 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7). #WTALinz pic.twitter.com/aQEPU03ykN
— wta (@WTA) February 1, 2024
In the ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), Ostapenko is ranked 12th, while Tausone is ranked 91st. Ostapenko’s next opponent will be British tennis player Jodie Burridge (WTA 102).
In the tournament, the four highest-ranked tennis players, Ostapenko among them, entered the second round. Alona went to Austria from Melbourne, where the Australian Open Championship ended last week. Ostapenko did not apply for doubles matches at the Linz tournament.
In Linz, tennis players play on hard courts, fighting for a prize fund of more than 800,000 euros until February 4. The winner will earn 500 ranking points.
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2024-02-01 23:15:00
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