Daria Kasatkina, the eighth favorite of the tournament “WTA 1000” in Rome, was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (20 WTA) after 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

Daria Kasatkina lost to Elena Ostapenko at the WTA in Rome

The first two sets were balanced, each player managed to win with the same score of 6-4.

However, the decisive set was unprecedented, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko won the case with a categorical score of 6:0.

The game lasted two hours and one minute.

In the quarterfinals, Ostapenko will meet the winner of the match between Paula Bados (35 WTA) and Karolina Muhova (52 WTA).

Of the top ten favorites of the Foro Italico race, only two remained in the competition: Iga Svyatek (1) and Olena Rybakina (7).

Eliminated: Aryna Sabalenka (2), Jessica Pegula (3), Ons Jabert (4), Caroline Garcia (5), Coco Gauf (6), Daria Kasatkina (8), Maria Sakkari (9) and Barbora Krejcikova (10) .

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.