Birmingham Classic: Dayana Yastremska stuns Jelena Ostapenko, reaches last-8

Dayana Yastremska ousted the top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko in the second round of the Birmingham Classic on Thursday. The Ukrainian came from a set down to win 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 in two hours and 15 minutes.

Yastremska hit 14 aces across the match and won 78% of her first-serve points. In comparison, the Latvian hit three aces and won 76% of her first-serve points. In terms of second-serve points won, while the Ukrainian won 42%, Ostapenko won 51%. Likewise, while Yastremska won five break points on Ostapenkoā€™s serve she also saved five of the nine break points she faced.

Birmingham Classic: Lauren Davis no match for Camila Giorgi

In the quarter-finals, Yastremska will play eighth seed, Shuai Zhang. The Chinese also needed three sets to get past Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in an hour and 58 minutes.

Ruse hit 12 aces and had 17 double faults in the match to Zhangā€™s two aces and three double faults. Both players struggled to win points off their second serves ā€“ Zhang won 32% while Ruse won 29%. In terms of first-serve points won, Ruse won 80% to the latterā€™s 70%. The match also featured multiple break points ā€“ with Zhang saving five of the 10 break points she faced and converting six of the 10 break points she had on Ruseā€™s serve.Ā 

Third seed Camila Giorgi also posted a comeback win in her second-round match at the Birmingham Classic. The Italian defeated Lauren Davis 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in two hours and 24 minutes. Giorgi won 69% of her first-serve points to the Americanā€™s 66%. Giorgi also won 45% of her second-serve points to her opponentā€™s 46%. Giorgi faced 13 break points of which she saved nine while converting five of the nine break points on Davisā€™ serve. For the match, Giorgi finished with one point fewer than Davis ā€“ 96 to the latterā€™s 97.Ā