2024-06-01 12:27:24
Frequent errors on the serve introduced down the main tennis participant of Latvia Aļona Ostapenko (ranked 11) within the French Open Championship (French Open) within the second spherical, the place the lady from Riga couldn’t address the strain and feelings and misplaced to Klara Tauson (72nd) from Denmark in three units. After the sensational triumph on the Paris courts in 2017, the Latvian tennis participant has reached the third spherical solely as soon as in six makes an attempt.
The day earlier than in one of many central courts and Eurosport the reside match was moved to one of many distant courts as a consequence of rain, and the climate additionally interfered with its progress. The athletes managed to play solely 4 minutes, throughout which Ostapenko gained the primary sport, when the match needed to be stopped for a number of hours. After its resumption, the strain within the first set was characterised not solely by a number of administration adjustments, but in addition by the Latvian tennis participant’s fast verbal outbursts of anger after her personal errors. The battle lasted right into a tiebreak, the place Latvian athletes made two double faults on serve, after which she did not get well from 1:4. Having gained a break benefit initially of the second set, Alona defended it with nice problem on the finish, taking part in again two break factors. Within the third set, there have been additionally a number of adjustments of management, however the decisive phrase belonged to the Dane. Additionally at a decisive second on the finish of the third set, Ostapenko made a double fault on her serve – the eleventh in the entire match – and misplaced 6-7 (4:7), 6-4, 3-6.
Though Ostapenko’s total first serve accuracy and break level implementation have been at a superb stage, and the ratio of hit factors or winners and unforced errors was not a lot worse than her opponent’s, 11 double faults have been dedicated on serve, a number of of which have been dedicated by Latvian athletes within the decisive moments of the set.
In different matches on Wednesday, ladies’s event favorites Arina Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina, Jelena Rybakina and Madison Keys gained convincingly. World No. 10 and 2020 Paris Grand Slam quarterfinalist Daniela Collins, who plans to retire after this season, retired. The 30-year-old tennis participant misplaced 7-6 (7:3), 5-7, 4-6 to Olga Danilovic from Serbia.
2024-06-01 12:27:24