Ostapenko crowns the sandplace queen and defeats Sabalenka!

Ostapenko crowns the sandplace queen and defeats Sabalenka!

Stuttgart, Deutschland - Jelena Ostapenko won the prestigious clay court tournament in Stuttgart on Easter Monday. In the final, 26-year-old Latvian prevailed against the world ranking Aryna Sabalenka 6: 4, 6-1. This victory marks the first success of Sabalenka in her fourth duel, and at the same time it ends the eight games of the Belarussin winning road, which had recently won the Miami Open. With this triumph, Ostapenko celebrated her ninth career title on the Hologic WTA Tour and thus celebrated her first title in Rotem Red Square since her victory at the French Open 2017. Krone reports that Ostapenko now starts after a mixed season of 7-9 in 2025 Strong phase has reached.

match history and statistics

in the final, Ostapenko dominated the game, especially in the second set, in which Sabalenka was only able to win 10 points. Ostapenko won a total of 81% of its first circlication points and had won the match after 1 hour and 25 minutes. In the first set it was a highly competitive section that Ostapenko won 6: 4 after 57 minutes.

Ostapenko had played 11 breakpoints in this decisive match and successfully transformed 6 of them. Sabalenka, on the other hand, could only use 2 of her 3 breakpoints. This shows the performance of the Latvian, who can also show an impressive record against Top 10 player in 2025-she won all four of her duels against such players this year. tennis.com further reports that Ostapenko had won 13 of the last 15 points, which underlines its strong form.

This tournament will certainly give Ostapenko further buoyancy after it has improved her final record to 9 wins and 9 defeats. Sabalenka, on the other hand, has already recorded four final defeats in Stuttgart, and the pressure on the world ranking lists is greater with every lost final game. Ostapenko, on the other hand, is confident that it will soon be able to celebrate further successes.