[ad_1] Jelena Ostapenko is the new queen of Linz! The world No. 12 convincingly won the premiere of the WTA 500 tournament in Upper Austria in Sunday’s final involving the top two players. The 2017 French Open winner and No. 1 seed from Latvia defeated No. 2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3 in only 70…
[ad_1] Jelena Ostapenko charged to her eighth career title. Photo credit: Upper Austria Ladies Linz Facebook Second serves are terminal cases when Jelena Ostapenko is operating overwhelming returns. Playing declarative first-strike tennis, Ostapenko powered to her second title of the season. In a clash of former finalists, Ostapenko did not drop serve, sweeping second-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3 to…
[ad_1] Jelena Ostapenko has been playing really well to start the year, and she earned her second trophy of the year already by beating Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2024 Austria Open Linz final. Ostapenko entered this matchup as the favorite to win. She was just dominant the last few times they played, and Alexandrova hasn’t…
[ad_1] Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko swept aside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz WTA 500 where she will meet Ekaterina Alexandrova, who needed 3 sets to get past Donna Vekic in their semi-final on Saturday. For me, tiebreaks, we have a hard relationship, especially in the last set. Even when…
[ad_1] Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia takes on third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Linz final on Sunday. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL Ekaterina Alexandrova was a fighter to the finish in Linz. Alexandrova battled back from 1-5 down in the decisive tiebreaker stopping Donna Vekic 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(6) to reach the Upper Austria Ladies Linz final in a thriller. The second-seeded…
[ad_1] The top 3 seeds prevailed at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Friday to advance to the semi-finals at the WTA 500 indoor tournament, led by Jelena Ostapenko, who breezed past Britain’s Jodie Burrage, while 2nd-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova toppled 5th seed and defending champ Anastasia Potapova, and No 3 Donna Vekic beat Clara Burel,…
[ad_1] Top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko needed all her wits to survive a strong challenge from Clara Tauson to open her account at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Thursday, and set up a 2nd-round meeting with British No 2 Jodie Burrage, while fellow seeds, both of whom received 1st-round byes, Donna Vekic and Elise Mertens got…
[ad_1] The 1st-round of the WTA 500 Adelaide International was completed on Tuesday, and the upsets continued, with Laura Siegemund beating 7th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova in 3 sets, and qualifier Katerina Siniakova seeing off wild-card Karolina Pliskova, but Jelena Ostapenko, Daria Kasatkina and Caroline Garcia were among those to make it safely through to round 2….
[ad_1] The Australian Open prides itself as being Asia’s Grand Slam so it was fitting that two Chinese players would open play on Day 7 on Rod Laver Arena, with the great Li Na in attendance, when Zheng Qinwen battled past her compatriot Wang Yafan in a match breaker, while elsewhere Victoria Azarenka, who has…
[ad_1] Latvia tennis star Jelena Ostapenko has continued winning silverware in 2024 with a win at the Adelaide WTA 500. The Adelaide International, as it’s also known, is part of the buildup for the Australian Open. And, as the name suggests, is played in Adelaide, South Australia, at the Memorial Drive Tennis Center. The tournament…
