Ostapenko halts Haddad Maia’s hot streak, advances in Cincinnati

No 16 seed Jelena Ostapenko beat Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4, 6-4 in round one of the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday night.

Haddad Maia has been one of the WTA’s breakout stars this summer, with an awesome run on grass followed by a runner-up performance last week in Toronto. However, the Brazilian was no match for Ostapenko in Cincinnati. The Latvian broke her opponent four times while winning 15 of 20 second-serve points.

Ostapenko awaits the winner of a match between American Madison Keys and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round matches and results:

• Madison Keys vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Emma Raducanu (10) beat Serena Williams: 6-4, 6-0
• Simona Halep (15) beat Anastasia Potapova (LL): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (Q) beat Coco Gauff (11): 7-5, 1-0 ret.
• Shelby Rogers (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Marta Kostyuk beat Camila Giorgi: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Venus Williams (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Martina Trevisan: 7-6(2), 7-5
• Shuai Zhang beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 7-5
• Elise Mertens beat Anhelina Kalinina (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Sorana Cirstea beat Belinda Bencic (12): 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4
• Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Alize Cornet: 6-1, 6-0
• Caroline Garcia (Q) beat Petra Martic (LL): 6-3, 6-3
• Ajla Tomljanovic (Q) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
• Victoria Azarenka beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (LL): 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Leylah Fernandez (13): 6-4, 7-5
• Petra Kvitova beat Jil Teichmann: 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-3
• Catherine McNally (WC) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2)
• Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 7-6(2)
• Amanda Anisimova beat Daria Kasatkina (9): 6-4, 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-3, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-2