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With a performance that bordered on perfection Jelena Ostapenko won the “Adelaide International” (Wta 500 – prize money 922,573 dollars; combined with an ATP 250), the last event, together with Hobart, to refine her preparations in view of the first Slam of the this year, the Aus Open, which starts tomorrow.
In the final the Latvian, n.12 in the ranking and sixth seeding favourite, beat the Russian Daria Kasatkina, n.15, 6-3 6-2 in just under an hour and a quarter of a match with little history. Wta. Thanks to the seventh WTA trophy won in her career (out of 15 finals played), the Latvian will return to the top ten from Monday, having last been there in September 2018.
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