Guadalajara Open: Ostapenko ends Bouchard run to reach last 16
Jelena Ostapenko beat Eugenie Bouchard 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, and Croat wildcard Donna Vekic in the next round
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 12 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Guadalajara Open by winning against Canadian wildcard Eugenie Bouchard 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Wednesday evening.
Ostapenko, ranked No 23, will play the winner of the match between Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 8 seed, and Croat wildcard Donna Vekic next.
The Latvian beat American qualifier Lauren Davis (6-1, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Bouchard, ranked No 430, won against American Kayla Day (7-5, 6-3), her first win at WTA 1000 level since 2019.
Guadalajara WTA 1000, other second-round results (Centro Panamericano de Tenis, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Belinda Bencic vs. Sloane Stephens
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Madison Keys
- Camila Osorio vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Jessica Pegula vs. Elena Rybakina
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Donna Vekic
- Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Coco Gauff
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Martina Trevisan: wednesday
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Aryna Sabalenka: wednesday
- Danielle Collins (14) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (6) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-2
- Maria Sakkari (4) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-4, 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu beat Petra Kvitova (16): 3-6, 6-2, 6-0