Ostapenko beats Muguruza to reach the Wuhan semi-final

Jelena Ostapenko wins one of her crazy matches in Wuhan.

The upcoming Latvian showed off again her trademark aggressive tennis during her quarterfinal against Garbine Muguruza in Wuhan. As usual, Jelena was completely unfazed after she lost 6 consecutive games in the opener to lose the 1st set 6-1. Jelena won the second set 6-3 after a roller coaster filled with 6 breaks on 9 games. In the decider, the Latvian was 0-2 down before she conquered the following 6 games to clinch the match 1-6 6-3 6-2 in 1 hour and 57 minutes.

      

 

 

Next vs. Ashleigh Barty

Jelena will play Ashleigh Barty in the semi-final. The young Australian is having a blistering tournament after she upset Johanna Konta, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Karolina Pliskova in the quarters.

The head to head is 1-0 for Jelena that has defeated Barty in Rome 5-7 6-4 6-4.


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