Superskrällen: Ostapenko vann Franska öppna
Damtennisen har en ny grand slam-vinnare och superskrällen får tennisvärlden att gapa. Sensationen Jelena Ostapenko, 20, vann finalen i Franska öppna mot världsfyran Simona Halep.
Osttapenko, som var rankad 47 i världen, är därmed den första oseedade damspelaren att vinna i Paris sedan 1933.
– En av de största sensationerna vi har sett i Franska mästerskapen, säger Eurosports kommentator Maria Strandlund-Tomsvik.
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Jeļena Ostapenko
Wikipedia (en)
Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997 in Riga) is a Latvian tennis player. She has won seven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career, and also won the Junior singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. She reached her best singles ranking of world number 33 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and later peaked at world number 33 in the WTA doubles rankings on 1 May 2017. An aggressive player with powerful groundstrokes on both sides, Ostapenko is known for a highly offensive playing style, including her inside-out groundstrokes and tendency to aim for the lines.
At the 2017 French Open, Ostapenko became the first player from Latvia to win a Grand Slam tournament, and the first unseeded player to win the French Open since 1933. In addition to her singles career, she has also played as a member of Latvia's Fed Cup team.
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