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The Latvian duo with 6-4, 1-6, 10: 5 gave way to Australians – Samanta Stosura and Elena Peresa.
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The Australian team started the game with a serve, and the first six games took place without breakballs – 3-3.
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In the seventh game, the Australians gave the Latvian duo two breakballs in a row, the second using Ostapenko, whose attack on the net was not able to repel Stosura – 4-3.
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The Latvian duo finished the set with a “dry” beat. After a good Ostapenko serves Peresa really did not cope with the reception, and Sevastova from the air scored the decisive point – 6-4.
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The Australians started the second set with their serve, quickly taking the lead with 3-0.
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In the second game, the Latvian duo gave the opponents two breakballs, the second of which was used by Australians. In the last two games, Ostapenko did not deal with Stosura’s blows from the end line at the net.
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Australians also won in the fourth game, serving Ostapenko. Ostapenko’s ball flew after the “candle” only to the middle of the field, which the Australians did not hesitate to use, after a moment reaching 5-0 with their serve.
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The waiters won in the remaining games, ending the set with 6-1 in favor of the Australian duo.
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At the beginning of the Superbreak, Latvian athletes took the lead – 1: 0, 2: 1, but later all four of their services were lost by Sevastova, but 4: 4 opponents were won by serving Ostapenko.
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Before that, the Australians lost two games, serving Peres – 4: 3 in favor of Sevastova and Ostapenko. However, after 4: 5 won six games in a row – 10: 5.
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Peresa caught the match with an elusive serve, but Stosura added a point to the match with the game.
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The Australians served irresistibly four times, while the Latvian duo had two such services.
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The winners played much better after the second service, winning ten of the 16 games, while Ostapenko / Sevastova – seven of the 18.
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The Latvian duo had more unforced errors (27 against 20 opponents), and the Australian duo won 66 games, while the Latvian duo won 51 games.
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It has already been reported that in the singles game both Latvian players lost in the first fight.
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Ostapenko (WTA 30) in the first round with a result of 4-6, 7-6 (7: 2), 4-6 failed against the athletes of the Russian Olympic Committee (OKR) Yelena Vesnin (WTA 305).
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Sevastova (WTA 53) lost 6-2, 4-6, 2-6 against Frenchman Fiona Ferro (WTA 64).
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Five years ago, Russian athletes Vesinina and Ekaterina Makarova became the doubles champions in Rio de Janeiro.
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For the fifth time in the history of the Olympic Games, the competition will take place on hard courts.
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