The cameras picked up an excellent second in Doha as an indignant Iga Swiatek was smashing her racket whereas Jelena Ostapenko noticed it and laughed.
After falling quick in her 4 first matches in opposition to the Latvian, the five-time Grand Slam champion entered their Doha semifinal hoping to lastly get one win of their conferences.
However after the world No. 37 gained the primary set 6-3 and in addition began the second set with an early 3-0 lead, it turned evident that it most likely would not be the Pole’s large day.
And as Swiatek was heading towards her bench, she angrily threw her racket.
It did not go unnoticed by Ostapenko, who seemingly loved the scene very a lot.
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Jelena Ostapenko’s response to Iga Swiatek throwing her racquet in Doha
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— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) February 14, 2025 Ostapenko went on to finish a two-set win
After the incident, the world No. 2 misplaced her serve once more and the unseeded Latvian went 4-0 up within the second set.
The Polish tennis star managed to get one break again within the fifth recreation however the world No. 37 did not panic, gathering one other break within the sixth recreation to go 5-1 up earlier than closing out the match on her serve within the following recreation to win 6-3 6-1.
“I feel like this court has a special energy and it was always helping me. As I said, everything started for me here on this court,” Ostapenko mentioned.
“Today I went on the court and I was pretty confident that I would beat her because we played a lot of matches and I know how to play against her and I just was more focusing on myself and knew what I have to do.
“I’m actually proud of the best way I’m dealing with my feelings this week. I’m simply so glad to be within the finals.”
