On Thursday, Iga Świątek defeated the events in Qatar Jelena Rybakina 6: 2, 7: 5 in the quarter -finals. Thus, she advanced to the semi -finals, in which she will face Jelena Ostapenko. Latvian in 1/4 in Dosze turned out to be better than ONS Jabeur (6: 2, 6: 2).
Powerful Play Ostapenko
On Friday, there will be a duel on the main court, which Polish fans have been waiting for a long time. Świątek will play with a rival with whom he has the worst balance of all that appear in the competition Wt. So far, she has never defeated Ostapenko, and Latvian plays in a very uncomfortable way, which we have found best during their last match – At the beginning of September 2023 as part of the fourth round US Open.
Our tennis player lost in three sets, although she started this meeting very well. She served well, broke the opponent twice. Ostapenko very strong impacts did not impress her.
Latvian has been considered a player for years, who belongs to the group of those who reflect the most of all in the women's toura, next to the Sabalenka Arena or Jelena Rybakina. During the first set of her meeting with Świątek, it was measured that one of the Forhends Ostapenko flew at a speed of up to 132 km/h! Iga Świątek had no way to get.
The rival revived and Świątek lost control
The fans then got up from places, applauded the rival of Świątek. Nevertheless, it was only a flash of Ostapenko's genius, because in that party she was more wrong than impressed with similar foreign foreignness. Her some mistakes were several meters long. This is how Jelena Ostapenko plays – very risky. Either it hits and then it is almost unstoppable or loses clearly.
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Latvian does not use half -measures and this tactic began to benefit her in the second set of New York duel from Świątek. Quickly took the lead 3: 0. Suddenly, her every stronger play hit the court, often in the line.
Shelf However, she did not intend to give up and, thanks to effective counters, made up for the losses. At the 3: 4 state, she served to draw and suddenly everything fell apart. She was broken again, lost the 3: 6 set, but the worst was about to come.
– I am surprised that my level has changed so drastically, because usually when I play badly, it is so from the beginning, and then somehow catch up or just solve the problem. This time it was quite the opposite. I really don't know what happened. Suddenly I lost control – She told Iga Świątek at a press conference after the meeting.
The decisive set was very one -sided. Ostapenko played like in a trance, everything came out despite the enormous risk she was still taking. The opposite of Świątek – there was no service, returny, accelerating the action. Sometimes our tennis player wanted to hit more than a rival, which is not her natural strategy and led to further mistakes. The next points and Set 1: 6 escaped.
After two hours of fighting, at 5:59 in the morning of Polish time she said goodbye to the US Open 2023. In the last action she parted scattered by an opponent and did not manage to reach forhend Ostapenko. She could only watch the ball fly into the corner of the court.
The Polish woman in this match was not able to return to the calmer construction of the action. Thus, for the fourth time in her career she lost to Jelena Ostapenko. – It is a bit with Jelena that one day can play a perfect match and even very risky balls hit, and another can be different. You never know what to expect. But I accept that other players against me play the best tennis – she told Christmas journalists before their match in New York.
Ostapenko: I know how to play with Iga
Latvian is actually considered one of the most chimeric players in the competition. He can fall asleep quickly from big tournaments, and then play like from notes, which we are currently witnessing in Dosze. Three years ago, Ostapenko, asked during Roland Garros, how she does it that she wins so often from Świątek, she smiled, saying: “When I play against Iga, I feel more concentrated. I really know how to play with her.”
After that lost in the US Open Iga Świątek, she not only did not advance to the quarter -finals of the New York event, but also lost the first time in the WTA ranking. She was overtaken by Arena Sabalenek after she came to the final. Today, the Belarusian is again a leader, and our tennis player ranks second.
1.5 years have passed since the last match between Świątek and Ostapenko. After him, Latvian repeatedly went to this part of the ladder of a given tournament in which the Polish woman was located, but they did not come to their meetings – mainly due to the fact that Ostapenko had previously dropped out of the competition. On Friday, however, this day will come when they will have the opportunity to face each other again.
This time, a favorable circumstance for Iga Świątek may be the fact that she had the opportunity to undergo serious tests in Dosze. In the second round she defeated the former vice -leader Maria Sakkari, in the third Linda Noskova, and the quarterfinals mentioned Jelena Rybakina. Each of them strikes the ball very hard during the exchange – sometimes not slower than Jelena Ostapenko. Will the Polish woman be promoted the fourth time to the final in Dosh? Transmission from the semi -final around 15:00 in Canal Plus Sport, report at Sport.pl.