Last Updated on October 28, 2021
The 22nd racket of the world, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, lost to Maria Sakkari of Greece, who ranks 41st in the WTA ranking, with a 1/6, 6/3, 2/6 score at the start of the “major” in Melbourne.
Tennis players spent on the court 1 hour 49 minutes. During this time, 21-year-old Ostapenko completed four aces, made a mistake nine times in filing and sold two break points, and 23-year-old Sakkari filed 11 times, made three double mistakes and made five breaks.
Now the score in personal meetings was 1: 1.