WTA Adelaide: Ostapenko eliminates Cirstea in three sets

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 6 seed, advanced to the second round of the Adelaide Open by edging out Romanian Sorana Cirstea 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Tuesday.

Ostapenko, ranked No 12, will play Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia next for a spot in the quarter-finals.

Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922,573):

• Laura Siegemund beat Liudmila Samsonova (7): 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4
• Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Paula Badosa (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Ana Bogdan (LL) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (4): 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
• Cristina Bucsa (LL) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (5): 6-3, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Anhelina Kalinina: 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Magda Linette vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Claire Liu vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Taylah Preston vs. Caroline Garcia
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Veronika Kudermetova

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