Canada’s Marina Stakusic falls in Guadalajara Open quarterfinals
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Canada’s Marina Stakusic fell 6-4, 6-3 to Poland’s Magdalena Frech in the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open tennis tournament on Friday in Mexico.
The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., won 61 per cent of her first-serve points and broke on just one of her six opportunities.
Stakusic had upset top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) on Thursday night to advance.
In the opening round, Stakusic defeated Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday.
The fifth-seeded Frech won 62 per cent of her first-serve points and converted on three of her nine break point opportunities.
WATCH l Stakusic eliminated at Guadalajara Open:
Fifth seed Magdalena Frech of Poland defeats 19-year-old wildcard Marina Stakusic from Mississauga, Ont., 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open.
