Swiatek hits her second serve with more depth than the past, but she does not adapt it much. Ostapenko thrived on knowing where the second serve was going to land and punished it several times.

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 ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, one of the strangest head-to-heads in tennis got ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ostapenko limited Swiatek to under 50 percent in points won behind the first or second serve and logged seven return winners against the Pole.

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 ...

Three-times defending champion Iga Swiatek was bundled out of the Qatar Open by Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who beat the Polish second seed 6-3, 6-1 in the semi-finals on Friday to set up a final ...