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Qatar Open: Ostapenko Powers Past Paolini In Doha For 12th Top 5 Win
Former French Open: Former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko scored her first Top-10 win since 2023 with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in a women's singles third-round match of the Qatar Open here on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Latvian trailed 2-0 in the second set but responded by reeling off the last six games of the match to seal victory in just 63 minutes.
In other matches in the WTA 1000 event, American sixth-seed Jessica Pegula defeated 10th seed Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 7-5 while fifth-seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan also advanced with a 7-6(1), 6-2 win over Rebecca Sramkova.
Having already posted consecutive wins this week for the first time since reaching last year's Wimbledon quarterfinals, Ostapenko has now notched her 12th career Top 5 win.
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