In a match between the youngest and the oldest player in the field, looking to record their first win in the White Group of the 2017 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, having lost their opening matches on Sunday, Venus Williams defeated Jelena Ostapenko in a rollercoaster encounter that featured almost uncountable trades of breaks, spreading over three hours and 13 minutes, the third-longest match in Singapore history.
In a nutshell, the fifth-seeded Williams earned a love break when Ostapenko was serving for the opening set at 5-4, winning as many as six straight games to go from 3-5 in the first to 2-0 in the second set.