US Open 2023 results: Iga Swiatek loses to Jelena Ostapenko in New York

Ostapenko, who won the 2017 French Open arsenic a 20-year-old, is into the US Open quarter-finals for the archetypal time

Iga Swiatek's defence of the US Open rubric was ended by an inspired show from the huge-hitting Jelena Ostapenko successful the past 16.

With her fearless and assertive approach, Ostapenko deed 31 winners and forced Swiatek into a big of mistakes.

Ostapenko, who won her sole large astatine the 2017 French Open, volition look American sixth effect Coco Gauff next.

Swiatek's 75-week streak arsenic the women's satellite fig 1 has been ended by the defeat, with Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka guaranteed to regenerate her aft the US Open.

"I ever expect a pugnacious conflict against Iga, she is specified a large subordinate and precise consistent," said Ostapenko.

"But I conscionable went for it. I cognize I had to play my crippled and beryllium assertive due to the fact that that is not what she likes."

Swiatek had mislaid each 3 of her erstwhile meetings against Ostapenko, but the brace had not played since February 2021 - aft which the Pole embarked connected a transformational 37-match winning streak.

The tally led to Swiatek taking implicit astatine the apical of the satellite rankings, a spot she had not relinquished since arsenic her dominance increased.

How could she header with Ostapenko's almighty hitting was a cardinal question successful an intriguing match-up.

Swiatek mislaid aft letting an opening-set pb gaffe for the archetypal clip since October 2022, snapping a 56-match streak

After falling an aboriginal interruption behind, Swiatek began to soak up the groundstrokes and rapidly turned an entertaining acceptable around.

But she mislaid service again aboriginal successful the 2nd acceptable and this clip was incapable to rescue the situation.

Hurried by the gait of Ostapenko's returns, Swiatek continued to marque errors successful the rallies and rapidly became wholly overwhelmed successful an bonzer deciding set.

Ostapenko landed a flurry of winners arsenic she moved 5-0 up and had the accidental to inflict a uncommon 6-0 scoreline connected Swiatek, who has go known herself for winning 'bagels' against her opponents.

While Swiatek avoided that destiny by holding serve, Ostapenko was not to beryllium denied and fittingly secured triumph with different inch-perfect forehand winner.

On closing retired victory, she said: "I was conscionable reasoning I person to play until the precise past point.

"When I was 5-0 up she was missing much but I thought I was playing amended and not giving her immoderate chances."

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