The 20-year-old's performance was the total opposite of the scintillating attacking tennis that took her to the title 12 months ago. "I think it was a terrible day at the office today for me," Ostapenko said. But she insisted that her form was so poor that she would have lost no matter who she played. "Any player who could hit like five shots back I think probably could beat me today because I didn't really play well and didn't really matter who was on the other side, because she was just waiting for me to miss," bemoaned the Latvian. Kozlova next faces either former world number one Victoria Azarenka or Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic for a place in the last 32.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 27, 2018 19:07 UTC