Alert – Ostapenko beats Alexandrova to win Linz Open title
Jelena Ostapenko won the tournament, beating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in Sunday’s final to lift her eighth career trophy
Ostapenko, Linz, 2024 © Zuma / panoramic
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the top seed, won the Upper Austria Ladies tournament by beating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, 6-2, 6-3 at the TipsArena in Linz.
Ostapenko, ranked No 12, defeated Dane qualifier Clara Tauson (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)), qualifier Jodie Burrage (6-1, 6-2) and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Linz tournament, Alexandrova, ranked No 21, beat German qualifier Jule Niemeier (6-3, 6-0), No 5 seed Anastasia Potapova (6-2, 7-6 (8)) and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 3 seed (5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)).
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