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French Open 2017: Jelena Ostapenko shocks Caroline Wozniacki

UNSEEDED Latvian Jelena Ostapenko became the first teenager to reach the French Open women’s semi-finals since 2007 with a shock win against former world number one Caroline Wozniacki.

The 19-year-old lost the first five games of her first major quarter-final before going on to win 4-6 6-2 6-2.

She will play Swiss 30th seed Timea Bacsinszky, who won 6-4 6-4 against France’s Kristina Mladenovic.

“I’m really happy, I can’t believe it,” world number 47 Ostapenko said.

 

SOURCE: BBC SPORT

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