Former champion Jelena Ostapenko ousts second-seed Karolina Pliskova from Roland Garros with a 6-4 6-2 victory in the second round
Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko celebrates during her second round match against Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova. Novak DjokovicIn a women's tournament reeling from the injury-enforced withdrawal of Serena Williams, and the absence of world number one and defending champion Ashleigh Barty as well as US Open winner Naomi Osaka, Latvia's Ostapenko pressed her case for a second Paris title after her shock 2017 breakthrough.
"I tried to be aggressive but not miss too much as she's such a great player," said 23-year-old Ostapenko who had lost in the first round in her last two visits to the French Open.The defeat completed a miserable year at the Slams for Czech star Pliskova who only made the third round at the Australian Open and second at the US Open.
Ostapenko was joined in the last 32 by two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, whose best Roland Garros run was the semi-finals in 2012.
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