Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko in action during her fourth round match against Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina. Photo: Reuters
PARIS: A flustered Jelena Ostapenko became only the sixth female Grand Slam champion to fall at the first hurdle of her title defence on Sunday when she lost to Kateryna Kozlova at the French Open.
Never at ease on the Roland Garros main show court, the world number five slumped to a 7-5 6-3 defeat to a Ukrainian opponent who had won both the pair’s previous meetings.
Not since Anastasia Myskina went down in the opening round of the 2005 tournament has the French Open lost its …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
