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LONDON (REUTERS) – Jelena Ostapenko and Daria Kasatkina, 21, of Eastern Europe, won the Wimbledon championship with wins in three sets on Saturday, July 7th.
Ostapenko, twelfth seeded, already winner of the Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2017, was beaten by the Russian Vitalia Diatchenko 6-0 6-4 to stay in the right place. his quarterfinal last year
Kasatkina, the number 14 who reached the quarter-finals of the Open de France, won a close fight between the two opponents when she beat The Australian Ashleigh Barty (17) 7-5 6-3 for her best performance so far at Wimbledon
The draw opened these young contenders when only two of the top eight women reached the third round, a record in the Open.
Number one Simona Halep joined the battered seeds on Saturday, leaving No. 7 Karolina Pliskova as the highest seed remainder in the first week of the tournament.
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