JELENA OSTAPENKO’s Mastery of Iga Swiatek Knows no Bounds – Not Tournament Level, Arena or Even Swiatek’s Favorite Surface.
In the Pair’s First-Ever Clay-Court Meeting on Saturday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, The 2017 Roland Garros Champion Ran Her Head-To-HEAD Record Against the Pole to 6-0 with 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 Win to Advance to the Semifinals at the Wta 500 Event for the First Time.
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She has now deduated swiatek, who CAMINTO The Match 11-1 in Stuttgart, on All Surfaces, with Four Hard-Court Wins and One Grass-COURT Victory Accounting for the Other Victories. She was a 6-3, 6-1 Winner Against Swatek Just Two months ago in Doha, and Though Saturday’s Affair was a much More Taxing Effort, The Result Provid the Same Affet 2 Hors and 7 Minutes.
Ostapnko Stormed to the First Four Games of the Match, and Broke Swiatek’s Serv Three Times to Capture The First Set. Though the world no. 2 Hit Back in Set Two, Winning the last three games, ostapenko won 12 of the first Points of the Deciding Set to Take a LEAD She NEAR RLINQUISHED.
“I think I was playing to Maybe 8 or 9 today,“ Ostapenko Confessed after the Match. “I mean, I cou them probably Win in Two Sets Becense SECOND Set I Started to Rush A Little Bit, But in General, I Think I Was Playing Well.
“Of Course She’s A Great Player, Obviously. Have the Chances to Win This Match. “
Ostapenko’s Win Assctions An Unseeded Finalist in Stuttgart, as she’ll Face Ekaterina Alexandrova in The Final Four. World no. 22 Alexandrova Was a 6-0, 6-4 Winner Over No. 3 Seed Jessica Pegula in Sature’s First Quarterfinal.
