2019 - JURMALA - LATVIA
Order of Clay: Best of the week's Jurmala and Palermo action
The Baltic Open and Palermo Ladies Open in pictures.
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Home favorite Jelena Ostapenko had fun in a pro-am exhibition match in Jurmala (Gravis Visuals)
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Former World No.59 Paula Ormaechea qualified and won her first WTA main draw match since 2015 in Jurmala (Gravis Visuals)
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2017 Istanbul quarterfinalist Basak Eraydin qualified for her first WTA main draw of the season in Jurmala (Gravis Visuals)
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Irina Bara sprung the first upset of Jurmala, leading Margarita Gasparyan 4-0 in the final set before the No.5 seed was forced to retire injured (Gravis Visuals)
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Jurmala's No.3 seed Katerina Siniakova led Anhelina Kalinina by a set and 4-3 when their match was halted for rain overnight (Gravis Visuals)
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...and the following day, Anhelina Kalinina came back to win nine out of 10 games to defeat Katerina Siniakova for a career-best win (Gravis Visuals)
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In Palermo, home hope Jasmine Paolini upset Laura Siegemund in the first round (Palermo Ladies Open)
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Clay flies from Sara Sorribes Tormo's racquet as she strikes a forehand in Palermo during her first-round loss to Fiona Ferro (Palermo Ladies Open)
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Lausanne champion Fiona Ferro serves en route to a first-round win in Palermo over Sara Sorribes Tormo (Palermo Ladies Open)
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Daria Gavrilova powers through a forehand during her first-round loss to Jil Teichmann in Palermo (Palermo Ladies Open)
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Jil Teichmann defeated Daria Gavrilova in straight sets in the first round of Palermo (Palermo Ladies Open)
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Sara Errani keeps her eye on a high ball during her Palermo opener against Fanny Stollar (Palermo Ladies Open)
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Lucky loser Fanny Stollar puts away a backhand during her gruelling first-round win over two-time Palermo champion Sara Errani (Palermo Ladies Open)
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Latvian wildcard Diana Marcinkevica captured her first WTA main draw win in front of her home fans in Jurmala (Gravis Visuals)
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Kristyna Pliskova saved four match points to take Jurmala's No.2 seed Caroline Garcia to a deciding tiebreak, but could not convert one of her own there (Gravis Visuals)
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Caroline Garcia eventually came through an epic opener in Jurmala after two hours and 47 minutes over Kristyna Pliskova (Gravis Visuals)
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Jana Fett upset No.7 seed Tatjana Maria in the first round of Jurmala - the Croat's first WTA main draw win since Rabat 2018 (Gravis Visuals)
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Qualifier Valentyna Ivakhnenko celebrates her upset of Sorana Cirstea in the first round of Jurmala (Gravis Visuals)
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Top seed Anastasija Sevastova thrilled her home fans with a straight-sets win over Varvara Flink in the first round of Jurmala (Gravis Visuals)
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Bolt from the blue: Jana Fett was defeated by Katarzyna Kawa in two sets in the second round. (Tournament)
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No.1 seed Anastasija Sevastova was given a scare as she dropped the opener against Dalila Jakupovic before coming back to win. (Tournament)
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After disappointment in the singles, Jelena Ostapenko won through to the quarterfinals of the doubles with Galina Voskoboeva. (Tournament)
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Irina Bara was unable to make it past Anastasija Sevastova in the Jurmala quarterfinal (Tournament)
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Anastasia Potapova outlasted Patricia Maria Țig over three sets to make the last four at the Baltic Open (Tournament)
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A quarterfinal finish for Nina Stojanović in Guangzhou pushed her up 12 places and into the top 100 (Tournament)
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Chloé Paquet became the latest victim of Katarzyna Kawa in the last eight at the Baltic Open (Tournament)
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Jasmine Paolini was beaten in three sets by Kiki Bertens in the last eight in Palermo (Tournament)
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Liudmila Samsonova came from a set down to beat Fiona Ferro in the Palermo quarterfinals (Tournament)
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The retirement of Anna-Lena Friedsam allowed Jil Teichmann to progress in Palermo (Tournament)
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Anastasija Sevastova delighted home fans in Jurmala as she made the final with a straight sets win over Anastasia Potapova (Tournament)
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Kiki Bertens maintained her fine form to beat Paula Badosa and reach the Palermo final (Tournament)
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