Yet, there are areas to improve that would give her a better chance of beating Ostapenko at her best. Swiatek’s first and second serve have improved in the last 18 months. The 23-year-old’s ...

Swiatek’s elite defense and heavy groundstrokes have allowed her to improve against other ... it’s the Swiatek serve, which often ends up in Ostapenko’s strike zone, but for nearly the ...

Jelena Ostapenko improved to 5-0 against Iga Swiatek after ending the No. 2 seed and three-time defending champion's 15-match Qatar TotalEnergies Open winning streak in the 2025 semifinals. Ostapenko ...

Jelena Ostapenko: Roland Garros champion and ballroom dancer. The 20-year-old shared some of her dance practice on Snapchat, clearly working hard on her footwork for the Wimbledon grass courts ...

And Swiatek could not explain why she did not have that same amount of mistakes against Ostapenko's serve. “My mistakes were so huge, and I had no idea why suddenly I couldn’t return ...

Ostapenko got her hands on three set points on the Swiatek serve at 5-3 and converted her third opportunity to scoop the first set in 35 minutes. The start of the second set followed a similar ...

Qualifier Anna Kalinskaya upset No.9 seed Jelena Ostapenko at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to reach her third quarterfinal at WTA 1000 level or above (following Guadalajara 2022 and the ...

Going into the semi-final against Iga Swiatek, Jelena Ostapenko was confident of winning the match and progressing into the final of the Qatar Open here on Friday. Ostapenko maintained her record ...

Latvian tennis professional Jelena "Alona" Ostapenko was born on June 8, 1997. She has won a total of 17 ATP titles, including eight singles and nine doubles as of December 2024. The most notable ...

Iga Swiatek hit just eight winners compared to 31 by Jelena Ostapenko Iga Swiatek suffered her worst defeat in two years as Jelena Ostapenko breezed past the world number two in straight sets to ...