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Second serves are terminal cases when Jelena Ostapenko is operating overwhelming returns. Playing declarative first-strike tennis, Ostapenko powered to her second title of the season. In a clash of former finalists, Ostapenko did not drop serve, sweeping second-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3 to capture her eighth career title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz today. Ostapenko denied the only […]
Ekaterina Alexandrova was a fighter to the finish in Linz. Alexandrova battled back from 1-5 down in the decisive tiebreaker stopping Donna Vekic 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(6) to reach the Upper Austria Ladies Linz final in a thriller. The second-seeded Alexandrova pumped 12 aces against 12 double faults and denied eight of the 14 break points she faced in […]
(Photo credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports) Great Britain's Jodie Burrage dispatched No. 7 seed Varvara Gracheva of France 6-4, 6-0 in first-round action at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Tuesday. Burrage fired six aces,
No. 8 seed Anastasia Potapova of Russia captured her second career WTA singles title with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over sixth-seeded Petra Martic of Croatia on Sunday