Rome, April 20 (LaPresse) – Jelena Ostapenko has reached the final of the WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart. The Latvian tennis player, ranked No. 24, defeated Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, world No. 22, in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4. Ostapenko will face the winner of the semifinal between Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.