Ostapenko reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Wuhan

In the round of 16 match, Ostapenko, ranked 34th in the world, defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez (WTA 25) with a score of 6:1, 1:6, 6:4. For reaching the quarterfinals, the Latvian tennis player earned 215 WTA ranking points. According to preliminary calculations, this will allow her to return to the top thirty of the world's best female tennis players as early as next week. The first set began with both athletes winning their opening games on serve. Then Ostapenko broke her opponent's serve three times and confidently finished the set with a score of 6:1. In the second set, the Latvian won her first game easily, but after that, the initiative completely shifted to Fernandez. The Canadian won six games in a row, converting three out of four break points, and leveled the match at one set all — 6:1. The deciding set was significantly more tense. At 1:1, Ostapenko earned three break points on her opponent's serve but failed to capitalize on any of them. In the fifth game, with the score at 2:2, the Latvian tennis player missed another six opportunities to break her opponent's serve, but on her seventh attempt, she finally succeeded — 3:2. Then Ostapenko increased her lead to 4:2, but Fernandez managed to fight back and equalize the score. In the ninth game, the Latvian again led 40:0 on the Canadian's serve and this time converted her third break point — 5:4. Serving for the match, Ostapenko lost the first point but then won four points in a row and concluded the match with a victory — 6:4. In the quarterfinals, Ostapenko will face the winner of the match between the seventh-ranked player in the world, Czech Karolína Muchová, and Russian Diana Schneider (WTA 13). Previously, Ostapenko and Fernandez met at the Wimbledon tournament in 2021. At that time, the Latvian won confidently in the first round with a score of 6:1, 6:2. At the current tournament in Wuhan, Ostapenko began her campaign with a crushing victory over Australia’s Daria Kasatkina (WTA 82) — 6:1, 6:1. On Wednesday, she made an impressive comeback in a match against the world’s fourth-ranked player, American Jessica Pegula, seeded second — 2:6, 7:6 (9:7), 6:3. Fernandez, on her way to the round of 16, defeated Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (WTA 24) — 6:4, 3:6, 6:3, and then Chinese Shi Han (WTA 217) — 6:3, 6:4. Ostapenko is competing in Wuhan for the fifth time. Her best result at this tournament is reaching the semifinals in 2017. Last season, the Latvian was eliminated in the first round. The tournament in Wuhan is held on hard courts and is the last WTA 1000 event of the current season.