Birmingham Classic: Ostapenko sets up meeting with Venus Williams
Jelena Ostapenko won against Linda Noskova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll face American wildcard Venus Williams in the next round
Jelena Ostapenko competese in Birmingham 2023 2023 AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the second seed, won against Czech Linda Noskova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to move into the last 16 of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Tuesday.
Ostapenko, ranked No 17, will face American wildcard Venus Williams next.
Birmingham WTA 250, other last-32 results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Emina Bektas vs. Shuai Zhang
- Rebecca Marino vs. Xiyu Wang
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Harriet Dart vs. Jodie Burrage
- Tereza Martincova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Barbora Strycova
- Katie Boulter vs. Lin Zhu
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Ana Bogdan: tuesday
- Catherine McNally beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
- Venus Williams beat Camila Giorgi: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6)
- Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-4
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-2, 6-0
- Bernarda Pera (6) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Magda Linette (3) beat Jasmine Paolini: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
