Canadian Stakusic defeated Latvian Ostapenko, first favorite in Guadalajara

The 19-year-old Canadian Marina Stakusic She saved four match points to beat the Latvian 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(0) on Thursday Jelena Ostapenkofirst favorite of the Guadalajara Tennis Open.

Stakusic, 155 in the world, is better with an odd head, with erratic serves to one side and the other, and secured her presence in the quarterfinals of a WTA 500 tournament for the first time.

In the first set, the North American resisted the attacks of his rival and had breaks in the seventh and ninth games of the set 6-3.

Ostapenko, ranked twelfth in the world, won the second roundwhere both lost serve three times until the Latvian, who won 79 percent of points on the first serve, was broken in the eleventh game and confirmed in the next.

What happened in the third set was unexpected. Stakusic was up 4-0 and although he lost the sixth game, He recovered and put the match on the brink of partner, 5-3.

The European had four chances to win and conceded four match points, which boosted the team. Stakusic which was broken in the twelfth game to cause a tie break’.

erratic, Ostapenko was eliminated by her rival who for the first time showed authority on his serve and won 7-0.

In the eight best phase, the Canadian will face the winner between the Polish Maddalena Frechfifth favorite, and the American Ashlyn Krueger.

This Thursday the Czech Marie Bouzkova pass through Italian Lucrezia Stefanini and defeated her 6-2, 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals, a stage where she will face French Caroline García, fourth seed, who beat the Frenchwoman 7-6(3), 7-6(3) It’s Ena Shibahara.

The Open takes place on a fast court with a prize pool of $922,573.