Andreeva shocks Ostapenko

Mirra Andreeva opened the Stuttgart tournament by knocking out defending champion Jelena Ostapenko, rallying from a set down to win 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 on April 15. (wtatennis.com) The Women’s Tennis Association said it was the first career meeting between Andreeva and Ostapenko, and Andreeva came back after trailing 4-1 in the deciding set. (wtatennis.com) The Stuttgart event is the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a clay-court Women’s Tennis Association 500 tournament in Germany, and the official 2026 draw lists Andreeva as the No. 6 seed. Ostapenko entered as the reigning champion after winning the 2025 title. (wtatennis.com, wtatennis.com, womenstennisblog.com) The result extends a fast start to 2026 for Andreeva, who won the Upper Austria Ladies Linz title on April 12. The Women’s Tennis Association said that trophy was her second title of the season and the fifth of her career. (wtatennis.com) Tennis.com reported that Andreeva also won Adelaide in January, putting her among the players with multiple Women’s Tennis Association titles in 2026. In Linz, she beat Anastasia Potapova in three sets after losing the first set 6-1. (tennis.com, wtatennis.com) Stuttgart is one of the early clay stops before the larger spring tournaments in Madrid, Rome and Paris, so a win over the defending champion carries weight beyond one round. The official draw shows Andreeva’s next opponent is Alycia Parks. (wtatennis.com, usatoday.com) Ostapenko, 28, remains one of the tour’s most volatile opponents and was the player everyone in Stuttgart had to measure against after last year’s run. Her Women’s Tennis Association profile lists a 12-5 singles record so far in 2026. (wtatennis.com) For Andreeva, the immediate test is whether she can turn one upset into a full week. In Stuttgart, she already cleared the player who arrived with the trophy. (wtatennis.com, wtatennis.com)