Ostapenko

The former Roland Garros champion admitted she lacks full faith in the revolutionary system after overcoming Coco Gauff to reach her first major ...

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Jelena Ostapenko is through to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2018 after an emphatic straight sets victory over Coco Gauff.

She moved into a 5-3 lead with her first break point of the set when Gauff fired a forehand long. 17 seed was able to seal the first set in 49 minutes, breaking the Gauff serve to take set point with a blistering backhand volley at the net. But Ostapenko applied her aggressive brand of tennis and broke back in the very next game. In the end I kept her under so much pressure and it brought me a win." I was trying to step into the court. The 2017 French Open champion was at her very best to knock out world No.

Jelena Ostapenko won against Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-3 (WTA)

- Aryna Sabalenka vs. - Donna Vekic vs. The No 17 seed hit 30 winners against 27 unforced errors and converted all three break points she saw, while saving seven of eight.

The 17th seed will meet Elena Rybakina, who shocked top seed Iga Swiatek, for a place in the semi-final. | Tennis News.

"I was trying to stay positive all the time," said Ostapenko. "At the end, I think I kept her under so much pressure and it brought me a win," said Ostapenko. "I just went there and tried to show my best and try to fight for every point and to make it hard for her and I'm really happy with the way I played."

Many a pundit had a potential quarter-final between top-seeded Iga Swiatek and rapidly rising Coco Gauff circled on their draw sheets, but Latvia's Jelena ...

“I always knew and believed in my game,” she said. “I think the main thing before I was still hitting the ball hard, but I was not really stepping in the court,” she said. “Now I feel like I’m stepping much better in the court and taking the ball earlier, so I take time away from the opponents, which makes me more dangerous player. I was trying to work more on my consistency, especially in the preseason, just to step on the court and play my game. “So I think that she did a great job today. “I honestly haven’t really doubted it,” she said when asked if she ever questioned her ability to win another major.

Coco Gauff acknowledged after her match that when Jelena Ostapenko plays really well "there's nothing you can do" and there is no doubt that the Latvian ...

[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) It’s most important to play my game again, [play] aggressive and keep her under pressure. [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/) In the end I kept her under so much pressure and it brought me a win.” I was trying to step into the court. [Live Tennis](https://www.tennis365.com/category/live-tennis/) [Tennis News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/tennis-news/) Yeah, just to step on the court and play my game. I was trying to work more on my consistency, especially in the preseason. I was 19 and then turned 20,” she said. A single break in game eight set up the 7-5, 6-3 win. “I always knew and believed in my game.

Coco Gauff's Australian Open ended Sunday after the 18-year-old American prodigy was beaten in straight sets by former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko ...

"I was trying to stay positive all the time," said Ostapenko. Gauff had not dropped a set on the way to the last 16 and the match was a tight affair, with little to choose between the pair. "I just went there and tried to show my best and try to fight for every point and to make it hard for her and I'm really happy with the way I played."

Grand Slam success came to Jelena Ostapenko in a hurry when she hoisted the French Open trophy as an unseeded 20-year-old but the early career triumph soon ...

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Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko said Sunday she never doubted she could win another major as she reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final ...

She added: "I always knew and believed in my game. "I'm just more hungry now to win another Grand Slam and just to play well, to be back in the top 10 and just to play consistent." "I needed some time to get used to it.