After winning the first round, Olena Ostapenko said she was ready to win another Grand Slam title, but the athlete from Latvia was defeated in the next match at Roland Garros.

Olena Ostapenko, defeated by Peyton Stearns, pupil of Gabriel Trifu

A winner on clay in Paris in 2017 (after a final with Simona Halep), Ostapenko was defeated in three sets by the amazing Peyton Stearns (69 WTA).

It took the American one hour and 43 minutes to overcome Yelena 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.

Know:

• At the age of 21, Stearns is coached by Gabriel Trifu, captain of the Romanian Davis Cup team.

• Peyton will play the winner of the match between Czech Marketa Vondrousova (60 WTA, 2019 finalist) and Russian Daria Kasatkina (9th favorite) in the third round of Roland Garros.

• This year, Peyton Stearns reached the finals of the “WTA 250” tournament in Bogotá (she was defeated by Tatiana Maria, score 6-3, 2-6, 6-4).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.