Peyton Stearns Jolts Former Champ at French Open

Peyton Stearns of United States plays a backhand against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia during her Women's Second Round Match on Day Four of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on May 31, 2023. Clive Mason/Getty Images

Peyton Stearns highlighted a day of upsets by recording a 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 win over 17th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko on Wednesday, May 31, at the French Open in Paris.

Russians Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva also knocked off seeded foes to advance at Roland Garros.