By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Thursday, February 13, 2025
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Bored by some fans, residue Played-mute-master in Doha.
Rested by several fans whistling and screaming during her service, Ostapenko silenced both discults and ounce Jabaur 6-2, 6-2 accusing in her third career Doha semifinals and a blocks VS Protective Protective Champion three times IgA swiatek.
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“Thank you the guys for not cheering on me because it made me even more motivated,” Ostapenko told the crowd in her trial interview afterwards. “I know that some people were cheering for me, so thanks the guys.”
A lesson of the crowd from this match: do ostapenko done and it will do whatever it can to get.
“I feel when you are playing in a stadium when everyone is cheering on your opponent, it’s great,” Ostrapenko said. “Amazing is amazing what she has accomplished, but you know guys who have angry and more motivated, but that’s normal. I hope you guys enjoy the match, so thank you.”
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Ostapenko used the crowd’s antipathy as fuel to ignite it in a little action reminds young people Daniil Medvedevwho famously made us traces of open fans during his triumph for 2019 over Feliciano Lopez, then trolled Booing fans during his interview in court.
“I want all of you to know when you sleep tonight, I won because of you,” Medvedev open fans, promoting even more boos.
“The more you do this, the more I will win,” said a smiling medvedev. “To you guys! Thank you!”
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Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Lleyton Hewitt, John Mineroe, Pancho Gonzalez, Medvedev and Ostapenko are among the rare champions that can channel the antagonism of the crowd in a crucial action in court.
“We hoped he wouldn’t be worried,” Rod Laver once told Famier Gonzalez’s friend. “It just made it tougher.”
Although Ostapenko is not a stranger to create an emotional destruction with opponents and even some unjust fans, in this case some fans were intentionally trying to disrupt its service.
Blocked at 1-all in the second set some unruly fans began shouting while throwing the ball. Ostapenko, who has the habit of catching strokes even in completely quiet days, tried to smile at the breakdowns and even offered them a toe at one point.
Relying on roars and jeans, Ostrapenko was then immediately broken by 3-1. Ostapenko retaliates a 7-6 (4), 7-5 loss to Jabaur in Abu Dhabi last week.
Nr. 36 World Ostrapenko will face the defensive champion three times IgA swiatek In a semifinal showdown of the royalty of Roland Garros.
The French Open 2017 Ostapenko champion is 4-0 Lifetime vs Swiatek, including its tap from US Open 2023. The three-time Swiattek champion travels with 15 winners in tomorrow’s semifinals.
“It’s a very good balance, so I hope I can continue tomorrow,” said the 2016 Ostapenko Doha finalist. “I feel when I’m playing my game, I can sincerely defeat many players.
“I felt that some tours were close matches and I didn’t win, but I feel hard work pays. I’m finding my game more and more.”
