Iga Swiatek lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the Doha semi-finals to end her winning run at the WTA 1000 tournament. The Pole had won in Doha for the past three seas

Iga Swiatek has once again failed to beat Jelena Ostapenko as the Latvian annihilated the five-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 6-1 in the semifinal of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha. Going into the match, the world No. 2 had zero wins and four losses against the current world No. 37.

Jelena Ostapenko maintained her unbeaten record against Iga Swiatek, ending the three-time defending champion's 15-match Qatar TotalEnergies Open winning streak to reach her first WTA 1000 final since 2018.

Jelena Ostapenko will face Iga Swiatek in the WTA Doha, Qatar semifinals on Friday,4.Ostapenko earned a two-set win over Ons Jabeur (6-2, 6-2) in the quarterfinals in her last match on

Three-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 got off to a confident start by winning the opening two games before taking a 4-2 lead en route to taking the first set. She produced an utterly dominant display in the second set to race to a 4-0 lead before wrapping up the win in just a little over an hour.

Jelena Ostapenko ended Iga Swiatek’s three-year reign at the Qatar Open in the semifinals. No. 37-ranked Ostapenko won 6-3, 6-1 and improved her record against No. 2 Swiatek to 5-0. The Latvian is the only active player to have faced Swiatek at least twice and kept a winning record.

Three-times defending champion Iga Swiatek was bundled out of the Qatar Open by Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who beat the Polish second seed 6-3 6-1 in the semi-finals on Friday. The 23-year-old five-times Grand Slam champion Swiatek,