Olena Ostapenko has lost just two of her 11 matches in 2024, both against the same player. The athlete from Latvia stopped in the third round of the Australian Open-2024 after being eliminated by Victoria Azarenka.

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Olena Ostapenko lost to Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Open 2024

Having been defeated by Azarenka in the quarterfinals in Brisbane, Ostapenko did not find an answer to the game of the two-time champion in Melbourne (2012, 2013).

In Saturday’s match, Victoria served 11 aces and won more games than Jelena (23-20 / usually the Latvian is better than her opponents in this section).

Ostapenko made almost twice as many unforced errors (30-17) and surrendered after an hour and 24 minutes of play, 6-1, 7-5 (she led 5-2 in the second set).

Know:

• Roland Garros 2017 championOlena Ostapenko won this year’s tournament with Adelaide (WTA 500).

• In face-to-face matches with Yelena, Victoria leads with a score of 4-0. The player from Belarus also won at Roland Garros-2019, Indian Wells-2021 and Brisbane-2024.

• In the 1/8 finals, Victoria will play Diana Yastremska (93 WTA). At the end of qualifying, the Ukrainian beat Emma Navarro (27th favorite) with a score of 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 on Saturday.

Australian Open 2024 will be held from January 14 to 28. The reigning champions are Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenko.

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