Ostapenko ranks 43rd in the WTA rankings and 67th in the Davis rankings.
The two tennis players have met each other before. In the semi-finals of the Auckland International tournament, Ostapenko could not finish the game by giving up 6: 4, 4: 6, 1: 4.
The Ostapenko tournament in Strasbourg will be the second after the season has resumed. This week, in the first round of the WTA “Premier 5” tournament in Rome, the Latvian tennis player in the first round gave way to Polda Magda Linete (WTA 35) with 4-6, 3-6.
Also in the doubles, Ostapenko lost with Gabriel Dabrovsky in the first game, in the second round match with 5-7, 3-6 concessions from Czech Lucy Hradecka and Slovenian Andrei Klepachka. The Latvian / Canadian duo was free from the first round matches.
This season in WTA tournaments Ostapenko’s balance is 3-4.
Meanwhile, Davis has scored 5-8 this season, with only one win in one of the tournaments at the start of the season in the Hobart International Series in Australia.
In the second round, the winner of this match is already waiting for the tournament’s main favorite from the Czech Republic Karolina Pliškova (WTA 4th).
Ostapenko has also applied for doubles together with Dabrovsky.
Meanwhile, Sevastova, who ranks 46th in the WTA rating, will not participate in the tournament.
The Strasbourg WTA “International” series tournament takes place on a red clay surface.
