Having already ensured her spot in the semifinals as the White Group leader with victories over Garbine Muguruza and Venus Williams, in her third round-robin match Karolina Pliskova wasn’t nearly as impressive as in her first two wins, falling to Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 6-1 in 66 minutes at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
The seventh-seeded Ostapenko entered the match knowing that she had already been eliminated from the tournament, but the Latvian wanted to enjoy every moment on the big stage, winning seven consecutive games from 2-3 in the first set to 3-0 in the second.