Ostapenko knocked out of Stuttgart in first round by teen debutant Noskova

Jelena Ostapenko has been dumped out of the Stuttgart Open, shedding to Linda Noskova 6-3 6-1 within the first spherical.

Ostapenko entered the event because the No. 8 seed, however the Latvian was removed from her greatest towards her 19-year-old opponent, shedding the match in a single hour and 7 minutes.

Noskova, who has now registered her third top-10 win in 2024, will play both Nice Britain’s Emma Raducanu or Germany’s Angelique Kerber within the last-16.

“I used to be simply making an attempt to give attention to the match, it was my first match on clay this yr so I used to be simply making an attempt to be as cautious and focussed as doable,” the world No. 31 mentioned after her win.

“I used to be making an attempt to get it underneath management always and never permit any chaos to return in.”

Noskova acquired off to a quick begin within the match, reeling off the primary 4 video games of the set. Ostapenko broke again when Noskova held a 5-3 lead, however Noskova broke Ostapenko to like within the very subsequent sport to take the set.

Noskova performed with even larger confidence within the second set, successful 82 per cent of her factors on her first serve, and he or she gained the primary 5 video games in a row.

Ostapenko gained one sport on her personal serve to keep away from being bagelled, earlier than Niskova served out the match.

Elise Mertens beat Germany’s Tatjana Maria 6-1 4-6 6-0 earlier within the day to arrange a last-16 encounter with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek.

World No. 7 Qinwen Zheng took only one hour and 16 minutes to beat Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-3 and ebook her place within the subsequent spherical.

World No. 8 Marketa Vondrousova had little hassle dispatching Donna Vekic, beating the Croat 6-4 6-3.

Within the day’s opening match, Jasmine Paolini breezed previous her compatriot Sara Errani, who entered the event as a qualifier, 6-1 6-0 in 47 minutes.