The match on the 14th court will be like a day game and will start around 12 noon Latvian time.
Ostapenko is ranked 17th in the WTA ranking and is seeded 17th in the tournament, while Stearns is ranked 69th.
This will be the first match between the two tennis players in their careers.
In the first round match, Ostapenko came back from 1-5 in the second set and defeated the Czech Tereza Martincova (WTA 93) in two sets – 6-3, 7-5. Stearns beat another Czech Kateržina Sinjakova (WTA 48) 7-6 (9:7), 6-2.
In the third round, the winner of this match will meet neutral athlete Daria Kasatkina (WTA 9th) or another representative of the Czech Republic in this branch of the tournament, Marketa Vondrousova (WTA 60th).
The Latvian tennis player reached the quarterfinals in the first “Grand Slam” tournament of the season in Australia, but in the following tournaments, until the “WTA 1000” in Rome, she did not manage to get past the third match. In Rome, Ostapenko reached the semi-finals, where she lost to Yelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old Peyton reached the WTA finals for the first time in her career in April, losing to Germany’s Tatiana Maria in the 250-point series competition in Bogota. She also lost the W-100 in Charleston in the title match, but won the W-60 title in Georgia before that.
Ostapenko’s win-loss record this season is 19-11, while her opponent’s record is 31-8, mostly playing in ITF competitions.
The Latvian tennis player is playing in Paris for the eighth time, becoming the winner in 2017, defeating the Romanian Simona Halep in the final with 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Last year, in the match of the second round, Ostapenko recognized the superiority of the French tennis player Alizee Cornet in three sets.
The tournament will take place in Paris until June 11.
2023-05-31 06:30:49
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