Latvia’s strongest tennis player Aļona Ostapenko in a duet with Taiwanese Suveja Xie lost on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Championship and ended her participation in the first “Grand Slam” tournament of the season.
The third seeded Ostapenko/Sje lost against the theoretically fifth strongest pair in the tournament, Canadian Gabriela Dabrovski and Brazilian tennis player Luisa Stefani, in two sets with 1-6, 6-7 (5-7).
Earlier, Ostapenko/Sje secured a place in the competition of the eight strongest pairs with a victory over American tennis player Sonia Kenina and German Laura Siegemund, who were ranked 13th.
Ostapenko reached the final of the Australian Open in women’s doubles both last year and the year before. A year ago, she lost in the title match together with Xie, but together with Ukrainian Lyudmila Kichenok competed in 2024, when Xie triumphed in a pair with Belgian Elise Mertens.
Earlier in the first round, Ostapenko/Sje beat the duo of Australian tennis player Olivia Gadeki and American Desiree Krawczyk, and in the next match against Serbian Olga Danilović and Austrian player Anastasia Potapova, they won without a fight, as their opponents refused to fight. Ostapenko/Sje secured a place in the quarterfinals with a victory over American tennis player Sonia Kenina and German Laura Siegemund.
It has already been announced that Ostapenko reached the second round in singles, where she lost to Chinese tennis players Xinyu Wang.
The Australian Open will conclude in Melbourne on Sunday.
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