One of the strangest head-to-heads in tennis got a little bit stranger last week. Jelena Ostapenko extended her record against the five-time Grand Slam champion and current world No. 2 Iga Swiatek ...
Ostapenko thrived on knowing where the second serve was going to land and punished it several times. In the face of that pressure, Swiatek did not have a kick serve to fall back on.
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 ...
who broke three times while giving up none to Ostapenko. "It's a funny thing, when you know you're playing someone that has a good return, you focus so much on your serve and that's kind of what I ...
Jelena Ostapenko is now working with experienced WTA coach David Taylor, the Latvian told local press this week. Ostapenko had been working with Anabel Medina Garrigues, who stopped coaching the ...
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 ...