Athletistic / Tennis. Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and Latvian representative Elena Ostapenko will meet in the title match at the WTA tournament in Seoul
SPORT.RU invites you to a direct online text broadcast of this meeting:
Tennis. WTA. Seoul. The final. Ostapenko – Alexandrova. Direct
Early Sunday morning Moscow time, September 25, Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova will play the final of the WTA tournament in Seoul against Latvian representative Elena Ostapenko. In personal meetings, our tennis player has an advantage, but in the current WTA ranking Ostapenko is five positions ahead of Alexandrova.
During her singles career, 27-year-old Aleksandrova won titles. Ekaterina won Shenzhen 2020 and Hertogenbosch 2022. In addition, a native of Chelyabinsk has repeatedly played in the finals of WTA tournaments. Our tennis player started the current tournament in Seoul with the 24th racket in the world, and she can finish three steps higher if she surpasses Ostapenko. Interestingly, in the event of a loss, Ekaterina can drop to 23rd place in the WTA rankings if another Russian woman, Lyudmila Samsonova, wins in the parallel final in Tokyo, which can take the current place of Alexandrova.
Elena Ostapenko was born in Riga, but has Russian roots. The Latvian representative started the current tournament in 19th place in the WTA rankings, and if she wins, she will become the 14th racket in the world. True, four years ago Ostapenko was even higher – Elena was the 5th racket in the world, and this was her best result. The 25-year-old Latvian has five singles titles to her name, including one this season in Dubai.
At the Seoul tournament, Ostapenko was seeded under the first number. On the way to the final, Elena has already beaten a Russian – Anastasia Gasanova in the match of the second round (6:3, 5:7, 7:5). As for Ekaterina Alexandrova, she was seeded at the tournament under the second number. A rare case in tennis where the first two seeds meet in the final of a tournament.
Alexandrova and Ostapenko have already played four matches between them. The advantage is on the side of the Russian woman 3:1. However, on hard tennis players have parity. Alexandrova picked up two wins over the Latvian on grass and clay.
Tennis. WTA. Seoul. The final. Ostapenko – Alexandrova. Direct
The online text broadcast of this match will begin on SPORT.RU September 25 at the earliest at 8:10 a.m. Moscow time
Source: Sport
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