→ At the beginning of the match, Ostapenko held her serve – 1:0. In the second game, the ball sent by the Latvian tennis player hit Kostyuka, which turned out to be painful for her. The victim soon recovered and was able to continue normally. The mentioned episode gave a break point, which was used – 2:0. Ours already achieved 4:0, but the opponents responded with two successes – 4:2. Kostyuka made two double faults in a row (40-40) and did not really hit the ball – 6:2.
• In this fight, the Romanian-Ukrainian duo received strong support from the stands.
→ → In the second set, the Latvian-Ukrainian tandem won 3:0, the opponents equalized (3:3), Kichenoka served to 4:3 and triumphed at the net (break point), but in the duel between Ostapenko and Kostyukas, our team won – 5:3. Victory with 6:3.
• Brazilian Beatrice Haddad-Maija and German Laura Seegemund will face each other in the second round of doubles or the round of 16 on Monday or Tuesday.
• on March 13 after 4.00 in the third round of singles Alyona Ostapenko (WTA 25) will play against the Czech Petra Kvitova (WTA 15).
Resources used:
wtatennis.com
