WTA Adelaide: Ostapenko eliminates Cirstea in three sets
The former Roland-Garros champion will meet Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in the next round
Jelana Ostapenko US Open 2023
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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