PARIS, France – 19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko recovered from a set down to oust the No.23 seed Samantha Stosur and reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open.
Ostapenko had never been past the first round in Paris in her previous two apperances, but up against Stosur, a finalist here in 2010 and three-time semifinalist, she was able to complete the comeback and win 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
She’ll take on No.11 seed Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals.
la joven de 19 años, Jelena Ostapenko se recuperó de un set abajo y termino superando a la numero 23, Samantha Stosur y asi avanzar a sus primeros cuartos de final de un Grand Slam, el abierto Frances.
Ostapenko nunca habia superado la primera ronda en Paris, traicionada por los nervios, pero ante Stosur, fialista en Paris en el 2010 y 3 veces semifinalista, pudo completar la remontada y terminar imponiendose con parciales de 2-6, 6-2 y 6-4.
Con esta victoria Ostapenko obtiene cupo y se enfrentara en cuartos de final a Caroline Ozniacki.
No.11 seed Caroline Wozniacki overcomes former Roland-Garros champion Svetlana Kuznetsova to charge through to the last eight.
This was a match between long-standing opponents of pedigree: Svetlana Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam champion, and Caroline Wozniacki, a double Grand Slam finalist. Intriguingly, the Russian 2009 women’s singles victor here and the former world No.1 had never met before today on clay. The Dane led 7-6 in previous encounters, and it was she who consolidated that superiority by booking a place in the quarter-finals after closing out a three-setter she never truly looked in danger of losing.
Wozniacki’s 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 victory against the No.8 seed, a player regarded as one of the best clay-courters remaining in the field, matched her best run at Roland-Garros. Drawn in the quarter left open by the first-round exit of top seed Angelique Kerber, the 11th-seeded Dane is now a reasonable bet to reach the sharp end of the draw, judging by the form she displayed today.
Por su parte la preclasificada 11, Caroline Wozniacki dejo en el camino a la Excampeona del Roland-Garros Svetlana Kuznetsova, para avanzar a la ronda de las ultimas 8.
Se trato de un duelo entre oponentes de larga data y de mucho pedigree. Kuznetsova 2 veces ganadora de Grand Sam y Caroline Wozniacki, dos veces finalista de torneo grandes. pero al final fue Wozniacki quien termino imponiendo su mejor momento con parciales de 6-1, 4-6 y 6-2, en un partido que fue considerado por gran parte de los especilistas como el mejor de los que se han dispiutado hasta el momento en Rolan-Garros.