Jelena Ostapenko vs Elena Gabriela Ruse — R64 — Italian Open

Jelena Ostapenko lost the first set 6-2 to Elena Gabriela Ruse, then turned the Italian Open R2 on the strength of her first-serve numbers — 59% of first-serve points won to Ruse's 47%, a 12-point gap that flipped a flat opening into back-to-back 6-2, 6-3 sets. Both players were leaky behind the second ball (10 double faults to nine, BP saved hovering near 56% on each side), but Ostapenko converted 7 of 16 break chances and won 53% of first-serve return points to square the surface in their first clay meeting at 1-1 in the H2H.