Published: 10:36, April 20, 2025
WTA roundup: Swiatek, Pegula and Gauff upset in Stuttgart
By Reuters
Poland's Iga Swiatek after losing against Lithuania's Jelena Ostapenko during their women's singles quarterfinal tennis match at the WTA tour in Stuttgart, Germany, April 19, 2025. (PHOTO / AP)

Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia maintained her supremacy over Poland's Iga Swiatek by claiming a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victory over the second seed during Porsche Tennis Grand Prix quarterfinal play Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany.

Ostapenko, who improved her lifetime mark to 6-0 against the five-time majors champion, meets unseeded Ekaterina Alexandrova in Sunday's first semifinal. The Russian needed just 81 minutes to knock off third-seeded Jessica Pegula 6-0, 6-4.

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Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus breezed through her first match in Stuttgart with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over former doubles partner Elise Mertens of Belgium. Sabalenka gets fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy in the second semifinal thanks to Paolini's 6-4, 6-3 triumph over fourth-seeded Coco Gauff.

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Top-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine needed just 61 minutes to post a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse during semifinal play in Rouen, France. Svitolina did not allow Ruse to have a game point in the first set.

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Svitolina will face Serbia's Olga Danilovic in Sunday's final. The third-seeded Danilovic secured a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands. The 30-year-old Svitolina, who owns 17 WTA titles, faces the 24-year-old Danilovic for the first time.