{"id":288575,"date":"2023-09-04T06:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288575"},"modified":"2023-09-04T06:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:34:09","slug":"iga-swiateks-us-open-defense-ends-in-defeat-to-jelena-ostapenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/iga-swiateks-us-open-defense-ends-in-defeat-to-jelena-ostapenko\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek&apos;s US Open defense ends in defeat to Jelena Ostapenko"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>US Open: Iga Swiatek&#8217;s defense ends in defeat as Jelena Ostapenko stuns the reigning champion in three-set upset in the fourth round to set up quarterfinal against Coco Gauff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Swiatek is likely\u00a0to lose her No. 1 spot later this week to No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ostapenko has now improved to 4-0 record against Swiatek over their careers\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Defending champion Iga Swiatek\u00b4s U.S. Open title defense ended with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the fourth round on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The loss also means Swiatek&#8217;s stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings will end next week, when current No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka will rise to the top spot for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek&#8217;s shots were off-target in Arthur Ashe Stadium and she had a difficult time handling the hard hitting from the 20th-seeded Ostapenko, who won the 2017 French Open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I knew I have to play my game,&#8217; Ostapenko said after accumulating 31 winners to 18 for Swiatek. &#8216;I knew I have to be aggressive, because that&#8217;s what she doesn&#8217;t really like.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This was not necessarily a huge surprise, based on their previous matchups: Ostapenko has now improved to 4-0 against Swiatek over their careers. No other player owns four victories against the woman who has led the WTA rankings since April 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/06\/75027975-12477411-Defending_US_Open_champion_and_world_No_1_Iga_Swiatek_was_defeat-a-1_1693804653711.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Defending US Open champion and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek was defeated by Jelena Ostapenko<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/06\/75027973-12477411-Ostapenko_of_Latvia_won_the_match_3_6_6_3_6_1_to_end_Swiatek_s_r-a-2_1693804653712.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ostapenko of Latvia won the match\u00a03-6, 6-3, 6-1 to end Swiatek&#8217;s run as the world No. 1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/05\/75027873-0-Iga_Swiatek_of_Poland_loses_her_racket_as_she_tries_to_return_to-a-17_1693801590225.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The loss also means Swiatek&#8217;s stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings will end next week\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was just thinking that I have to play until the very last point, until we shake hands,&#8217; Ostapenko said. &#8216;I didn&#8217;t really give her many chances.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After getting off to a terrific start to the second set, which she led 4-1, Ostapenko wavered for a bit. That allowed Swiatek to get a break back and pull within 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>But that was only a blip.<\/p>\n<p>With Swiatek having trouble serving &#8211; perhaps owing to all of the squeaking Ostapenko&#8217;s shoes did as she moved around during the ball toss while waiting to return &#8211; the contest quickly tilted in one direction. Ostapenko reeled off seven consecutive games to go up 5-0 in the third set.<\/p>\n<p>Ostapenko broke one last time to end it, meaning she won seven of Swiatek&#8217;s 13 service games in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Ostapenko&#8217;s first quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows will come against Coco Gauff , the 19-year-old American who eliminated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 earlier Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ostapenko and Gauff have split two previous meetings. The most recent came in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January, and Ostapenko won that one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She&#8217;s a great young player,&#8217; Ostapenko said about Gauff. &#8216;Of course it&#8217;s going to be another tough match. I don&#8217;t expect any easy matches at a Grand Slam.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12477411\/US-Open-Iga-Swiateks-defense-ends-defeat-Jelena-Ostapenko-stuns-reigning-champion-three-set-upset-fourth-round-set-quarterfinal-against-Coco-Gauff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Open: Iga Swiatek&#8217;s defense ends in defeat as Jelena Ostapenko stuns the reigning champion in three-set upset in the fourth round to set up quarterfinal against Coco Gauff Swiatek is likely\u00a0to lose her No. 1 spot later this week to No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka Ostapenko has now improved to 4-0 record against Swiatek over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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