Ostapenko wins big-hitting battle in Adelaide, through to quarter-finals
Jelena Ostapenko edged out Caroline Garcia 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday night. She’ll face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the next round
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Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 6 seed, edged out Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday night.
Ostapenko, ranked No 12, will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next.
The Latvian edged out Romanian Sorana Cirstea (2-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Adelaide tournament.
During the first round of the Adelaide tournament, Garcia, ranked No 20, won against Australian wildcard Taylah Preston (6-4, 1-6, 6-3).
Adelaide WTA 500, other second-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Elena Rybakina vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Marta Kostyuk beat Taylor Townsend (LL): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Laura Siegemund beat Ana Bogdan (LL): 6-4, 7-5
- Jessica Pegula (2) beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
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