No. 1 seed Mirra Andreeva – in a polar-opposite match up with thirty-something wild card Sloane Stephens – and No. 4 seed Jelena Ostapenko jumped into action on Wednesday.

Ostapenko played one of this year’s breakout personalities, Alexandra Eala. And she took care of her in two tight, slightly fraught sets.

And never shy to double up, the Latvian played doubles later with … Jaqueline Cristian of Romania.

The newest Austrian, Russia’s Anastasia Potapova, made her debut in her new homeland, and got through.

(Charleston is on EDT; Bogotá is an hour behind)

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Upper Austria Ladies Linz 
Location: Linz, Austria
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates:  April 6 – 12, 2026
Prize Money: $1,206,446
Draws: S28 – D16

Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Final results

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Singles, second round

[1] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def. [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) 64 62

[4] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Alexandra Eala (PHI)  64 75

[5] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def Dalma Galfi (HUN) 50 retd

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 46 64 64

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Singles, first round

[LL] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def Panna Udvardy (HUN0 57 61 60 

Anastasia Potapova (AUT) def Zhang Shuai (CHN) 64 64

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Doubles, first round

En-Shuo Liang (TPE) / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def [3] Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 75 36 [10-6]

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Miyu Kato (JPN) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def Mariia Kozyreva / Irna Shymanovich (RUS) 62 62

[WC] Julia Grabher / Sinja Kraus (AUT) def Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 64 63

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