Third seed Olena Ostapenko reached the WTA quarter-finals in Brisbane on Thursday after defeating former world number one Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

Olena Ostapenko, a three-set win over Karolina Pliskova at WTA Brisbane

The Latvian (26 years old, WTA No. 12) started the match strongly, winning the first set 6-2, but clearly lost momentum in the second match (lost 4-6).

The decider was balanced, the difference occurred in the sixth game, in which Pliskova (31 years old, 39th in the world ranking) surrendered her serve.

The series ended 6-3 in favor of Ostapenko and the 2017 Roland Garros champion reached the last eight in Brisbane.

The game lasted two hours and 19 minutes.

WTA Brisbane, they have already played in the 1/8 finals

Daria Kasatkina (5) – Magda Lynette (9) 6-4, 6-2

Victoria Azarenka (8) – Klara Burel 7-5, 6-2

Linda Noskova – Julia Riera 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-3

Mirra Andreeva – Arina Rodionova 6-1, 6-1

Olena Ostapenko (3) – Karolina Plishkova (16) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

They take place on Thursday

Veronika Kudermetova (6) – Anastasia Potapova (11)

Aryna Sabalenko (1) – Lin Zhu (15)

Elise Mertens (13) – Olena Rybakina (2)

The WTA tournament in Brisbane takes place from December 31 to January 7 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money of $1,736,763, and the title champion is Arina Sabalanka (2023).

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