Canada’s Marina Stakusic is having a really good week on the Guadalajara Open.
After upsetting Anna Karolína Schmiedlova of Slovakia within the first spherical on Tuesday, the Canadian teen adopted it up with the most important win of her profession on Thursday.
Staukusic beat the event’s No. 1 seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) to advance to the primary WTA quarterfinal of her younger profession.
Stakusic confronted a 0-4 deficit within the third and last set earlier than marching again into the match.
The 19-year-old gained 5 of the following six video games to even it up earlier than exchanging video games to pressure a tiebreaker, the place Stakusic took full management to win the match
Ostapenko is presently ranked No. 12 on the planet and marks Stakusic’s first win towards a top-20 opponent.
Stakusic, from Mississauga, Ont., is ranked one hundred and fifty fifth.
The unheralded Stakusic made headlines late final 12 months when she helped Canada win the Billie Jean King Cup.
It’s been an up-and-down 2024 for Stakusic, with highlights together with a first-round win at her hometown Nationwide Financial institution Open and qualifying for her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon.
— With recordsdata from the Canadian Press
