By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Picture credit score: Charleston Tennis LLC
CHARLESTON – Jelena Ostapenko may be very comfy taking part in each singles and doubles at a number of occasions.
Actually, thus far this season, her doubles rating at World No. 4 is definitely proper now larger than her singles rating at World No. 25. But the 27-year-old Latvian and former 2017 Roland Garros singles champion has her eyes set on extra glory taking part in solo.
On Wednesday, she took step one on the WTA 500 Credit score One Charleston Open by defeating Louisa Chirico 7-5, 6-2 to succeed in the third spherical.
Jelena Ostapenko advances into R3 over Louisa Chirico 75 62. #CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/Rdr9ZTHBgt
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The win snapped a four-match singles shedding streak for Ostapenko, stretching again to Doha earlier this yr, the place she reached the ultimate earlier than shedding to Amanda Anisimova.
A couple of hours later, Ostapenko teamed up with Erin Routliffe on the high seeds to succeed in the doubles semifinals 7-5, 6-3 in an entertaining win over Ekaterina Alexandrova and Hao-Ching Chan.
“I feel it is all the time nice to make use of doubles for follow as a result of it is one other match and simply follow, as a result of I really feel like typically you may play tremendous properly within the follow, however you then exit to play a match and you can’t deliver the identical sport to the match. I similar to to play doubles with good doubles companions,” Ostapenko stated afterward.
The Latvian star has loved vital success in doubles this season. That included reaching the Australian Open finals with Su-Wei Hsieh earlier than they misplaced to eventual champions Taylor Townsend and Katarina Siniakova.
Mighty effort by Su wei Hsieh & Jelena Ostapenko and our crew to succeed in the ultimate….missed out on the sweets however couldn’t have fought more durable, which is all you may ask. pic.twitter.com/BMVq892GWI
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Ostapenko, since then, has performed with a number of different gamers however plans to crew up once more with Hsieh for the clay occasions in Madrid and Rome earlier than competing at Roland Garros.
In singles Ostapenko can now look ahead to dealing with defending champion Danielle Collins within the third spherical. Ostapenko believes she and Collins function comparable sport kinds and personalities.
“We have performed a number of occasions,” Ostapenko stated of the defending champion. “She’s an incredible participant and in addition an incredible persona. It’ll be a troublesome match. I feel we just about play the identical fashion of tennis, so I feel we’ll have some big-hitting rallies.”
Ostapenko additionally appreciates Collins and, as she describes it, her “massive persona.”
“She’s the best way she is,” Ostapenko stated. “She’s not like making an attempt to be somebody that individuals are ready for. She’s simply herself and she or he’s the true what she is, and I type of prefer it.”
