Ostapenko and Hsieh Reach Doubles Quarterfinals at Wuhan WTA 1000
Latvian tennis player Jelena Ostapenko, partnering Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh, won a super tiebreak against Sofia Kenin and Irina Khromacheva on Wednesday to reach the doubles quarterfinals at the Wuhan WTA 1000 tournament.
Latvian tennis player Aļona Ostapenko and her Taiwanese partner Su-Wei Hsieh reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event at the Wuhan tournament on Wednesday. The tournament belongs to the WTA 1000 category, one of the highest tiers of women's professional tennis below the Grand Slams. The pair won their second-round match in a super tiebreak, a deciding game played when the sets are level.
Ostapenko and Hsieh are seeded fourth. They received a bye in the first round, so the second round was their opening match. There they beat American Sofia Kenin and Russian Irina Khromacheva 2-6, 7-6 (7:0), 10:7. After losing the first set, the Latvian-Taiwanese duo took the second set via a 7:0 tiebreak and then won the super tiebreak.
For reaching the quarterfinals, Ostapenko earned 215 WTA doubles ranking points.
Singles win over Pegula
Ostapenko also won in singles on Wednesday. In the second round she, ranked 34th on the WTA list, beat second-seeded American Jessica Pegula, who is ranked fourth in the world, in three sets: 2-6, 7-6 (9:7), 6-3.
About the tournament
The Wuhan event is played on hard courts. It is the last WTA 1000-level tournament of the season.
