Sixth seed Jelena Ostapenko got here again from a sluggish begin to beat Sorana Cirstea 2-6 6-2 6-4 within the first spherical of the Adelaide Worldwide on Tuesday.
Ostapenko, a quarter-finalist ultimately week’s Brisbane Worldwide, wanted practically two hours to settle the match on the Australian Open tune-up occasion, having fun with a modicum of revenge after the Romanian beat her at Wimbledon final 12 months.
Cirstea gained 4 video games in a row to race by way of the opening set however former French Open champion Ostapenko hit again within the second and fired back-to-back aces to power the decider.
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The Latvian then raced to a 5-2 lead however was damaged serving for the match. She blew two match factors at 5-3 however went on to seal victory together with her sixth ace.
Laura Siegemund, who was a part of the Germany workforce that gained the United Cup title final week, upset world quantity 14 Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(1) 6-4 6-4.
Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin started her marketing campaign on the Hobart Worldwide, one other Melbourne Park warm-up occasion, with a 6-3 6-3 win in opposition to Greet Minnen of Belgium.
Kenin, who saved all three break factors she confronted within the match, will meet Daria Saville for a spot within the quarter-finals.
Returning to the tour for the primary time since final 12 months’s Wimbledon, Denis Shapovalov misplaced 6-4 6-2 to Sebastian Ofner at Auckland Basic.