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Perhaps the most appealing tie would be against the lowestranked unseeded pair - Maltese minnows Valletta or Hungarian side Ferencvaros.

Another exciting match of the day was played in pre-quarterfinal and won by unseeded Thai player Taentawan Majoli against 7th seed Ali Alshati of Kuwait.

In other upsets of the day, unseeded Korean Ji Hyun Kang shocked second seed Rosaleen Alioussef (RUS) in straight sets while unseeded Russian Arina Valitova beat fourth seed Bee Francesca Acena (PHI) in a thrilling three-set match while unseeded Hong Kong's Kit Yi Kaye Au-Yeung sidelined fifth seed Renee Marie Acena of Philippines in straight sets.

The day witnessed several other upsets as unseeded Russian Arina Valitova outclassed fourth seed Bee Francesca Acena of Philippines in a thrilling three-set encounter while another unseeded player from Hong Kong Kit Yi Kaye Au-Yeung ousted fifth seed Renee Marie Acena of Philippines in straight sets.

Second seed Anam Aziz took only 11 minutes to beat unseeded Meyral Shaikh by 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 score.

The women's draw has not been so kind to fellow Brit Johanna Konta, unseeded after an extended poor run of form, who will face sixth seed Carolina Garcia in the first round.

Osaka, 20, is also unseeded, but claimed her maiden title at Indian Wells last week to move up to No.22 in the world.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka, who has played a limited schedule because she was reluctant to travel while involved in a dispute over the custody of her young son, and Maria Sharapova, who's still working her way up in the rankings after a 15-month drug suspension, also are unseeded in this tournament.

Eala, a wildcard recipient and part of 2017 Tennis Europe Junior Tour Doubles Team of the year, defeated Belgian qualifier Sofia Costoulas in the preliminaries before beating unseeded Japanese Kyoka Kubo and Hungarian 13th seed Katerina Dimitrova to make the finals.

It is the first time for 10 years that an unseeded male player has made it to the semi-finals of a slam and the first time since 1999 that there have been two unseeded men through.

The two countries were both unseeded for the draw in Zurich and Northern Ireland were paired with Switzerland while the Republic will face Denmark.

Unseeded American teenager Frances Tiafoe upset red-hot Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday.

Summary: Jakarta [Indonesia], June 18 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will aim to clinch Indonesia Super Series Premier title when he takes on unseeded Kazumasa Sakai of Japan in the final of the men' singles event here on Sunday.

But the Latvian fought back in superb style to become the first unseeded woman to win at Roland Garros since 1933.Jelena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to win a grand slam title when she beat Romania's Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the French Open final on Saturday.

It is likely, therefore, Liverpool will face a play-off to reach the Champions League group stage - though it is yet to be determined whether they would be seeded or unseeded.