Latvia’s number one racket, Aļona Ostapenko, reached the third round of the singles competition of the Madrid “WTA 1000” tournament on Wednesday.
Ostapenko, who is ranked tenth in the WTA ranking and seeded ninth in the tournament, beat Spain’s Jessica Bouzas-Maneiro (WTA 93) 6-3, 6-1 in the second round match.
At the beginning of the first set, both tennis players managed to win the opponent’s service game and after the first four games the result was 2-2. In the next three games, Ostapenko was superior, maintaining the lead until winning 6-3.
In the second set, Ostapenko, beating her opponent twice in her service games, won 4-0. The Spaniard went on to win her own service game, but Ostapenko was dominant in the next two games, taking the first match point to win the second set and the entire match.
For reaching the third round, the Latvian tennis player earned 65 world ranking points.
Ostapenko will also compete in the doubles tournament with her usual opponent Ludmila Kichenoka from Ukraine, in which the Latvian and Ukrainian duo is seeded fifth.
The tournament in Madrid takes place on clay courts.
Alon Ostapenko. Photo: scanpix/REUTERS
