Tennis conundrum: Why can't Swiatek beat Ostapenko? Netizen: Donnie Yen beats Tyson?

Not an opponent at all! After losing 3-6 1-6 to Ostapenko in the semi-finals of the Doha tennis tournament, Swiatek has swallowed a fifth straight defeat against him.

World No. 37 Ostapenko has had a poor season, having suffered three straight singles defeats ahead of this year's Doha tennis tournament, with her only victory coming in the first round of the Adelaide Open. After arriving in Doha, the former French Open champion quickly improved his form, beating 2004-born Japanese teenager Aoi Ito, 16th seed Samsonova, fourth seed Paulini and three-time Grand Slam runner-up Abdul-Jabbar, who was gradually regaining his form. And in last night's semi-finals, she defeated former world No. 1 Swiatek by sending invisible eggs to advance to the final.

In the first set of the match, Swiatek served first, but she had a dangerous start to the game, giving away two break points at 15-40, where Ostapenko was hot and cashed in with a return-ace. In the ensuing game, Ostapenko successfully held serve and the game score came to 2-0. After that, the two sides went back and forth, and the score went all the way to 5-3, and Ostapenko broke again at a crucial moment to win the first set 6-3.

At the start of the second set, Swiatek was still unable to compete with him, and Ostapenko led 2-0 again after consecutive breaks. In this match, her powerful return was too much for her opponent to parry, her line-changing attack from left to right made Swiatek look at the ball again and again, and her backhand straight was even more deadly. In the ensuing match, she only allowed her opponent to win one game and won 6-1.

The match lasted one hour and 10 minutes, and Ostapenko crushed her opponent in all the statistics after the match, with a first-serve rate of 69 per cent, a second-serve score rate of 64 per cent, 24 winning points in the match, and even seven return points directly to score. In these statistics, Swiatek's first-serve scoring rate is only a pitiful 48%, and the second-serve scoring rate is compressed to a measly 37%, with only 7 winning points and only 1 direct return point.

In this regard, some netizens couldn't help but ask, "On weekdays, Swiatek frequently sends eggs and fritters to his opponents, why does he become dumb when he meets Ostapenko?" If it is Ostapenko's strength that Swiatek can't bear, but in terms of strength, the strength of world No. 1 Sabalenka is no worse than Ostapenko, but Swiatek can always fight with Sabalenka. And what is the secret of Ostapenko's bravery in Swiatek? ”

A netizen analyzed, "Swiatek actually made two tactical attempts in this game, one was to try his best to crouch down and grab the ball in the rising period, but he was not afraid to grab Ostapenko, because your landing point was predicted by me." The forehand can only hit my forehand diagonal area, unless the forehand you can roll out the backslash, so it is useless to crouch down and grab the upswing period. The second attempt was to step back a metre and try to use his forehand and backhand to play at the normal height of the shot or to defend, but the tail momentum of the ball was too small, so Ostapenko instead seized the opportunity to play straight and wide, sometimes shortening. As a result, both attempts failed, and Swiatek became the opponent's top maid. ”

In addition, he couldn't help but joke, "Originally, the world's martial arts were only fast and unbreakable, but the opponent ball was too heavy to press the stockings quickly." Donnie Yen hit Tyson really as a joke. ”

Some netizens also expressed their very agreement and replied, "Although IGA's willpower is still online, it is rare to see such a situation where you are beaten all over the ground to find teeth. Another netizen said, "In my heart, stockings must be the best player in WTA stability and comprehensiveness today, better than the emperor, except for the two of them, the other players are in the second gear!" However, the only one who can beat her so embarrassed at the moment is the funny female Ao Fat, who is really a natural nemesis, there is no way at all, and she has lost all five battles! ”

It's worth mentioning that Swiatek has lost to Ostapenko five times in her career, and each time has something special about it!

First encounter: First time on the WTA Tour

Second encounter: After losing this game, start a 23-game winning streak in the 1000 match

Third meeting: The last loss before the 37-game winning streak

Fourth meeting: The title defense was ended and the 75-week world No. 1 was interrupted

Fifth meeting: Doha's 15-game winning streak was ended

Finally, I hope that Swiatek can adjust her mentality and prepare well for the next competition, it is true that since last year's doping incident, Swiatek's form has dropped a lot, and she really needs to communicate with her coach to see where the problem is. Let's wait and see what happens!(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)