Jelena Ostapenko defeated Iga Swiatek in the Qatar Open semi-finals, ending Swiatek's 15-match winning streak in Doha and advancing to the final. Ostapenko will face Amanda Anisimova in the championship match after Anisimova defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Russian drone attack on Chernobyl sparks outrage, no radiation detectedThree-time defending Qatar Open champion Iga Swiatek suffered a crushing 6-3, 6-1 defeat by Jelena Ostapenko in the semi-finals on Friday, her fifth loss in as many meetings with the mercurial Latvian.
Ostapenko, the 2017 Roland Garros champion, became the first player to defeat Swiatek on five occasions. She will face Amanda Anisimova in Saturday's championship match after the American defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-3 to reach her second WTA 1000 final. A blistering start from Ostapenko saw the Latvian unleash a forehand winner to break Swiatek in the opening game of the contest and she surrendered just one point on her way to a 2-0 lead.
As the match clock hit one hour, Ostapenko was already up a set and 4-0 and cruising. Swiatek halted the momentum by getting one of the breaks back but her comeback attempt was short-lived as she dropped serve again the following game en route to a hefty defeat.Ostapenko limited Swiatek to under 50 percent in points won behind the first or second serve and logged seven return winners against the Pole.
Another streak was broken on Friday as Anisimova, 23, ended Alexandrova's eight-match unbeaten run to advance to the final.
TENNIS WTA QATAR OPEN IGA SWIATEK Jelena Ostapenko AMANDA ANISIMOVA
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