The Polish Iga Swiatek, number one in the world, eliminated by the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko
MADRID, 4 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has not given the Croatian Borna Gojo an option, winning in three sets (6-2, 7-5 and 6-4) in the round of 16 of the US Open, the fourth ‘Grand Slam’ of the season and that is being played on hard court in New York (United States), while in the women’s draw the Polish Iga Swiatek, great favorite to win the title, has lost to the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (3-6 6-3 and 6-1).
After the suffered victory in the third round against his compatriot Laslo Djere, ‘Nole’ faced each other with number 105 in the ranking. However, this, before the most important game of his career, accused the pressure from the initial point, losing the first set 6-2 in just 40 minutes and committing 15 unforced errors.
In the second set, the man from Split improved, breaking the Serb’s serve in the opening game, but the recent champion from Cincinnati did not take long to recover it, to end up closing the set 7-5, with a new break in the eleventh round. game.
In the third set, Djokovic went to cruising speed, closing his serves without problems and pressing the rest until in the seventh game he achieved a ‘break’ that Gojo could no longer return, which allowed number one to end the match with a placid 6-4. Now the man from Belgrade will meet American Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals, the highest-ranked player left on his side of the field.
In the women’s draw, the Polish Iga Swiatek, will not be able to revalidate her champion title after losing to the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, twentieth favorite. The number one started at her usual level, winning the first set (3-6) with great dominance from the bottom and counteracting the power of the Latvian.
In the second set, Ostapenko turned the game around and based on ‘cannon shots’, with 11 winning shots and 5 direct aces, he overwhelmed his rival, who was unable to find a way to hurt him, to return the score for the match. first set.
In the third, Swiatek completely left the match and fell by a resounding 6-1, losing the match and the number one in the WTA, which from next Monday will be held by the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Now, Ostapenko will meet the American Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals.