Yastremska upsets top seed Ostapenko to reach Birmingham quarter-finals
Dayana Yastremska edged out Jelena Ostapenko 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday and will meet China’s Shuai Zhang, the No 8 seed, in the last eight
The Ukrainian announced on December 14th that she had just recovered from coronavirus after testing positive two weeks prior.
Top seed Jelena Ostapenko was knocked out of the Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club on Thursday in a three set battle by Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska.
The world No 79, from Ukraine, came from a set down to oust the former Roland-Garros champion Ostapenko 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 in two hours and 15 minutes to advance to the quarter-finals.
The Latvian led 3-1 in the final set but Yastremska fought back to win six of the last eight games in the match.
Yastremska will next meet eighth seed Shuai Zhang, who defeated Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
Birmingham WTA 250, second-round results (Edgbaston Priory Club, grass, USD 251.750)
- Camila Giorgi (3) beat Lauren Davis: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Donna Vekic (Q) beat Catherine McNally: 7-5, 6-3
- Simona Halep (2) beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Katie Boulter (WC) beat Caroline Garcia: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea (6) beat Aleksandra Krunic (LL): 6-1, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Magdalena Frech
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