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19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko upsets No. 11-seed Caroline Wozniacki

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:37 p.m. ET

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19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko continued her run at the French Open on Tuesday, defeating No. 11-seed Caroline Wozniacki 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to advance to her first Grand Slam semifinal.

In a match that started at 2 p.m. local time, Wozniacki started out strong, building a 5-0 leading in the opening set. Ostapenko recovered and the Dane was able to take the first, but the momentum proved to stick with the young Latvian. After a three-hour rain delay with Ostapenko down a set and leading 5-2 in the second, she forced a decider before yet another rainstorm caused another stoppage. In the third set, unseeded Ostapenko overpowered Wozniacki to close out the match.

With the win, Ostapenko becomes the youngest player to advance to the women's semifinals at Roland Garros since Ana Ivanovic in 2007. On Sunday, World No. 47 Ostapenko reached her first career Grand Slam quarterfinal with a three-set win over 2010 French Open finalist Stosur. Coming into Tuesday's match, Ostapenko led the head-to-head match-up against Wozniacki 3-0, including wins on clay in Charleston and Prague this season.

Ostapenko advances to the semifinals where she will face No. 30-seed Timea Bacsinszky, who defeated Kristina Mladenovic on Tuesday.

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