The two main seeds of Seoul is openthe American Jessica Pegula (4 WTA) and the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (13), found the opposite outcome this Tuesday; The former closed the day with a brilliant victory over the Slovakian Victoria Hruncakova and the second said goodbye to the hard court after losing in the third round against the Korean Dayeon came back.
SA Pegula It took him an hour and ten minutes to win 6-2, 6-4. Hruncakova’s five losses of serve, compared to two for the world number four, dictated the path of the 25-year-old Slovak.
In the round of 16, the American will face her compatriot, 19-year-old Ashlyn Krueger (no. 80 WTA), who eliminated Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in an hour-long match 6-2, 6-4.
It is a day with surprises, since Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, number 13 in the world rankings and second favorite on the Korean hard surface, suffered a heavy loss in the first match of the tournament, 6-3, 1-6 and 6-7 (4) against Korean Dayeon Back, who is currently ranked. no. 569 in the WTA ranking.
The 2017 Roland Garros champion took the first set by stringing together a streak of four straight points due to his rival’s service breaks. But in the second set, a misplaced Ostapenko lost control and ‘gave’ Back easily 6-1.
In the deciding match, the Latvian pulled out all the stops to force a tie-break, which he failed to win, thus dooming his career in Seoul.
Also, the Brazilian Laura Pigossi (113) succumbed 7-6(5), 4-6 and 5-7, in three hours of play, against American Emina Bektas.
Source: La Verdad
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