Shannon Lam from US, lost to Mia Pohankova of Slovakia (2008-). Lam earned $1,122 prize money … Mia ranks 956 in singles and 1028 in doubles.
Zhang Shuai lost her mixed doubles match today, with Marcelo Arevalo, 6-2, 4-6, 10-12 to two Americans, Rajeev Ram and Katie Volynets.
Jelena Ostapenko (1997-; 2012; $15m) played so well, like in the French Open final in 2017: all angles, daring and went for broke. The score told the story: 6-1, 6-3 v Yulia Putintseva, the Russian born Kazakhstani player (1995-; 2009; $7m). Elena Rybakina is also born in Russia and plays for Kazakhstan, also won her quarters match today. Ostapenko’s hair is remarkable neat.
Elina Svitolina def Wang Xinyu, 6-2, 6-1.
Swimming: 1,160 yards in 24 minutes in free (37’35” per mile), half with flip but all with soft push off. The 500 yards was in breaststrokes, 14 minutes, which is 49’34” per mile. After the update of my iPhone, the time per 100 yards changed to per mile, and I don’t know how to change it back…
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