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WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU, CHINA | SEPTEMBER 9-15, 2019 | $1,500,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.zhengzhouopen.com | @ZhengzhouOpen | facebook.com/ZhengzhouOpen WTA Communications: Yanyan Xu ([email protected]), Ellie Emerson ([email protected]) ICBC CREDIT CARD ZHENGZHOU OPEN - DAY 4 MATCH-UPS JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #75) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) First meeting Sabalenka has won two of her three career titles on Chinese soil... Ostapenko bidding to reach second QF of the season... Winner faces Martic in QF YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36) vs. [2] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #3) Svitolina leads 4-1 Svitolina won the pair’s most recent meeting comfortably, at Moscow in 2016... Putintseva has posted four Top 10 wins so far this season... Svitolina coming off SF showing at US Open ZHENG SAISAI (CHN #38) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #34) Riske leads 3-2 Zheng triumphed in two tight sets when the two met in Hiroshima 12 months ago... Riske saved a match point in opening round upset over Kerber... Zheng is the last Chinese player left in the draw [3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) vs. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #46) Bertens leads 2-0 Bertens beat Tomljanovic to lift the title in Seoul last year... Tomljanovic in search of third Top 10 career win of career MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU - CHINA | Sep 09 - Sep 15, 2019 | $1,500,000 | PREMIER JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #75) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) Head to Head: First meeting JELENA OSTAPENKO ARYNA SABALENKA 75 WTA RANKING 13 71 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 22 08-06-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-05-1998 (21) $861,662 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,941,317 $8,396,146 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,090,256 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 3 1-0 ZHENGZHOU W-L (MD) * 0-0 17-22 / 109-93 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 28-20 / 86-50 7-6 / 39-31 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 9-7 / 33-19 4-3 / 31-16 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-6 / 18-17 10-12 / 60-61 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 21-11 / 67-31 2-4 / 10-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 6-7 0-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 3-4 1-2 / 9-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-5 / 8-10 2-5 / 14-25 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / 17-15 * Updated entering 2019 Zhengzhou 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #75) [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) R32: d. XIAODI YOU (CHN #246) 6-3,0-6,6-2 (1h49) R32: BYE "-Q" Qualifying match Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from JELENA ARYNA OSTAPENKO VS SABALENKA ZHENGZHOU ZHENGZHOU • Playing in China for the second time this season, • Competing in Asia for the second time this year, hav- having previously fallen 1r at Shenzhen in January (l. ing lifted the title in the opening week of the season Niculescu) in Shenzhen (d. Riske) • Recovered from a nightmare second set - in which • In addition to this, produced a stellar Asian swing she won only 10 points - to eventually see off qualifi- in 2018, highlighted by lifting the title at Wuhan (d. er X.You in 1r Kontaveit) and reaching QFs at Beijing (l. Q.Wang) • Faces No.13 Sabalenka in 2r today; bidding to reach and Tianjin (l. Bacsinszky) second QF of the season, having previously reached • After opening match bye, faces Ostapenko in 2r to- this stage at Birmingham (l . Martic) day; owns 7-1 career record in matches immediately • Owns two Top 20 wins so far in 2019, over No.18 following byes, with sole defeat coming to Toml- Konta (Birmingham) and No.9 Stephens (East- janovic at Miami this March bourne) • Bidding to reach sixth QF of the season, having pre- • During last year’s Asian swing, made 2r at Beijing viously reached this stage at Shenzhen (WON), St. (l. Q.Wang) and Seoul (l. Alexandrova) and fell 1r at Petersburg (SF), Strasbourg (SF), Eastbourne (QF) Wuhan (l. Gavrilova) and Hong Kong (l. Kucova) and San Jose (R-Up) • Best results on Chinese soil were SF showings in 2017 at Wuhan and Beijing SEASON SEASON • Reached 2r at US Open (l. Putintseva) and R16 at Cincinnati (l. Sakkari) • Coming off 3r run at US Open (l. Ahn) • Opened summer hard court season with R-Up finish • Opened summer hard court season with R16 at San Jose (l. S.Zheng) and 1r exit at Toronto (l. showing at Toronto (l. Bouzkova) before falling 1r at Pavlyuchenkova) Cincinnati (l. Putintseva) • Posted QF showing at Eastbourne (l. Bertens) before • Suffered 1r defeat at Jurmala (l. Pera); bounced back falling 1r at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) to finish R-Up in doubles w/Voskoboeva • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. • Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh) and made R16 at Aiava) and Birmingham (l. Hsieh) Eastbourne (d. No.9 Stephens in 2r, l. Alexandrova) • Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) • QF showing at Birmingham (l. Martic) marked first • Reached SF at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion time winning back-to-back matches since QF run at Yastremska) Charleston in April • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (l .Kuznetso- • Upset No.18 Konta at Birmingham to score first Top va) and Rome (l. Cornet) 20 win since defeating No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitoli- • Was part of Belarus Fed Cup team that fell 3-2 to na during run to the final at 2018 Miami Australia in World Group semifinal, in Brisbane. Went • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Azarenka) and Rome (l. 1-1 in her singles rubbers (d. Stosur, l. Barty) and Buzarnescu) also lost the decisive doubles with Azarenka • Made 2r at Madrid (d. Pavlyuchenkova, l. Bertens) • Made R16 in first clay court event of the season at after falling 1r at Bogota (l. Ahn) and Stuttgart (l. Charleston (l. Puig) Sevastova) • Suffered 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic) • Notched best result on clay by reaching R16 at after R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) Charleston (l. Keys) • Completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by sweeping • Partnered with Daniela Vismane to win lone rubber back-to-back doubles titles at Indian Wells and Miami during Latvia’s 1-3 Fed Cup World Group Play-off (both w/Mertens); now 2-1 in doubles finals loss to Germany • Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) • Made 3r at Indian Wells (l. Vondrousova) and 2r at • Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siege- Miami (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova) mund) during Belarus’ Fed Cup win over Germany • Fell 2r at Doha (l. Svitolina) and 1r at Dubai (l. Brady) • Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion • Won both rubbers during Latvia’s 4-0 Fed Cup World Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings Group II win over Slovakia following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) • Posted first win of season during 2r showing at St. • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); made Petersburg (d. Mladenovic, l. Pavlyuchenkova) Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28) • Made 1r exits at first three tournaments of the sea- • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career son Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. Barty) and at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) followed with opening Australian Open (l. Sakkari) match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) JELENA ARYNA OSTAPENKO VS SABALENKA CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Ended 2018 season at No.22, with season highlight- • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two ed by R-Up finish at Miami (l. Stephens). Record in titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and singles finals now stands at 2-4 Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and • Saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina during Mi- finishing at No.11 in the rankings ami run to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and tournament for the first time in her career Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, • Elsewhere in 2018, made SF at Wimbledon (l. Ker- reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand ber) and reached four further QFs Slam run to R16 at US Open • Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavly- • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending uchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first Russia 3-2 and earn promotion to the Fed Cup World tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making Group II for the first time SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) Ka.Bondarenko) • Won first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d.