Jelena Ostapenko vs. Iga Swiatek | 2021 Indian Wells Round of 16 | WTA Match Highlights
2021 ж. 11 Қаз.
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Jelena was unplayable today. Godd, that angles, backhand winners, heavy forehand. That was wayyy too strong, dont think anyone can resist if this game continue on this level.
It's true, but Iga weak serve made those shots possible.
yes, when she is in the zone she is unplayable. However, as she proved after Roland Garros, she hardly can maintain that level or even stay close to it. Her results seem rather be poor comparing to her talent.
@@trupaamatis8420 yes she is in the zone like once every 5 years
disagree. Iga got rattled and didn't put up much of a fight
@@francischo8891 hahahah!
Best I've seen Penko for ages. She will beat anyone playing like that. It's always a question of consistency with her though. Rarely does she have it for a whole match let alone a whole tournament. Very exciting to watch when she's on though.
Iga's play was poor. I watched her hit the ball right back at Penko tim after time after time again. Does her coach have a brain? Is he alive and watching? OMG
@@FinancialFreebo What a load of .. Iga played very well, it's just that Ostapenko hit so many winners. It was a great match. Iga played well. Who doesn't have a brain?
@@blucat4 let's continue a healthy discussion, please... So, how is some one able to set their feet well and hit a clean winner? Because their opponent gave them a "plumb". A set up shot where you CAN hit a winner. This really doesn't make a huge difference to me, but something has changed since Iga won her major a few months ago. So, what has changed? From what I see, it is offensive aggressiveness.
@@FinancialFreebo Hey, you said "Does her coach have a brain? Is he alive and watching? OMG", so don't get on me for the attitude! :-) I'm happy to be polite if you are. And Iga lost in the RG quarters a few months ago, it was 2020 when she won RG. So geez .. :-) Anyway, in her previous match she was very impressive, here she looked a little flat from the get go, that happens, too much to judge her teams entire plan on IMO.
When Jelena is on, she hits arguably the best angles on tour. It's spectacular to watch.
Ostapenko should be in the top 10. So much skill. Biggest underperformer of the WTA.
Agreed.👍
Let’s not get stupid….. Jelena is good, but she is not the best.
@@janjr165 nah, she really is the best.
Ostapenko is amazing!!! My favorite player on tour. She plays tennis like a honey badger.
Ostapenko was a 3-1 underdog in a match where the outcome is determined on her racket. She is the favorite against everyone left in this tournament. Hopefully playing the doubles does not tax her energy too much. I think she will win the singles here.
I disagree she is not the favorite
How is she the favourite surely it would be the next 2 seeded players, Angie Kerber & ons Jabeur
@@angiekerberfan2793 It makes no difference who Ostapenko plays in this tournament. She controls the outcome. If she plays well she wins regardless of the level her opponents can find. Kerber and Jabeur are on the top half of the draw so she would only see one of them in the final. Jabeur is the tougher test but if Ons' coaches piss Jelena off like in Eastbourne it may be a very quick match. I think Kerber is going to lose tomorrow. Badosa is in great form.
She hasn't met a defensive counterpuncher who will make her spray errors after errors. Kerber is still there and Ons has variety and power too.
What a performance from Jelena Ostapenko!!! Well prepared mentally, emotionally and physically. Awesome power display on forehand and backhand, leveraged very well. She believed in herself and that made all the difference. It took an excellent player like Iga Swiatek to bring the best out of her!
Igà is a very good player to me she plays well when she mixes her enthusiasm and care freeness in the game to me this boosts her along but recently she seems to have dropped that buoyancy and concentrating more on being more serious with her matches but its not paying off well. Needs to just be her self and play the way she loves to with joy love for the game whether she win or loose.
She probably feels better as underdog than top seed. Then, when her ranking will soon drop significantly she'll play better. I hope.
Correct.
She also got "anti-covid vaccine" in her bloodstream - it weakend her.
@@teresawright7389 like 90% of NBA players, you fucking fucking: D fuck you care where you're not
Well done Ostapenko when she is feeling herself she can get great upsets and that all started when she won Roland Garros👏💚 I wanted her to win this well done!
Not surprised. Jelena has been playing super well with her new coach. Swiatek aggressiveness failed the test against the queen of ball striking. Well done Jelena
Heavy topspin wasn't working. How to adjust ?
really? couldnt even defeat tauson
@@francischo8891 made the final thats a positive week in itself. much much better than the 2019 form if u watched her from then
Her coach should work on her serve 100%
@@user-vc4xo7hw5qbut couldnt even defeat a raw tauson
Iga lost many matches this season with hard-hitting players (2 Sakkari, 1 Konjuk, 1 Muguruza, 1 Ostapenko) and in my humble opinion the very crucial reason has been THE SERVE! She needs to make this the number 1, 2, 3... PRIORITY. Please Iga skip the double next year and focus on this fundamental because without a strong serve it's impossible to win another Slam.
she may. on RG
I agree that if she wants to be number 1 in the world, she needs to concentrate on singles.
don't forget 2 to Jabeur
@@Andrea-yh3rc jabeur is another player who is invincible on her day but otherwise mediocre
She dosn't even move to the balls passing couple of meters from her. Stands still. She is late to the balls, lost her timing and misses a sweetspot.
Wow!! Everything was working really really well for Ostapenko!! Really great to see her in winning ways!!
Ostapenko played so well! Fighter! Swiatek was not in a good mood again. She just gave up. She doesn't like playing with stronger players. Honestly, you have to have courage at this stage in the 4th round and play very well!
I agree when the other player is more aggressive she shows frustration
Digging deeper shows depth. Iga still not there.
She was/is simply not prepared to deal with such tennis - technically and tactically. Her defence is not effective and very limited in terms of shots selection. Even Aga Radwańska was able to come up with more effective shot making when being attacked by heavy hitters in a rally. Iga needs to learn how to operate sliced ball on a regular basis...(rally+ serve return) if your natural game has more spin you have to learn how to defend effectively in many technical ways ..look Nadal ....how many times he goes for sliced bh when being pushed/off-balance despite having good top spin or loopy bh shot? quite frequently right? There is a reason and logic behind it. Iga should change his coaching team but i doubt i will happen in the next few months...
I really don't like Ostapenko and her whiny attitude and poor sportsmanship when she loses, but she played brilliantly today.
It’s written “Ostapenko”, it really isn’t that hard to get, keep trying your best though, you can do it!
@@rorymcadams4203 corrected, but no wonder you're offended by a spelling mistake, you're probably a dramatic brat like her.
@@Belgarath777 probably
Agree. She argued with the umpire over so many clear-cut calls today and it was embarrassing to watch. But her singles and doubles performance were both astonishing
She needs to STFU and work on her consistency. Liked her when she won RG. All downhill from there.
Iga’s game is perfectly set up to feed Jelena’s strengths. Jelena was always going to win this match.
sometimes putting the ball back in play waiting for your opponent to miss does not work
@@JohnDoe-sx2zk And where are her famous drop shots unpossible to reach? When she was winning RG 2020 she used to play them constantly with great efficiency.
@@tucobenedictopacificojuanm3543 : A drop shot on a hard court is much different than a drop shot on clay.
Ostapenko is back baby
For how long though
Good to see two GS Champs playing each other! 👍🏼 And it’s not Serena or Naomi or Simona…
I would like Ostapenko to win Indian Wells. When she is on fire her ferocious game is so enjoyable!
Ostapenko is so awesome and entertaining. What a character! Her smile is contagious and she’s a Queen 👑
Ostapenko is a jerk- I prefer someone else wins.
I don't know, I had to mute the tv to watch the highlights, her screaming is disgusting. Anyway, super boring to me like the majority of women tennis.
I really amazed by ostapenko both wings with the acute angle hard hitting, hope she is always in that form.
I bet on average no one hits more winners per set played than Ostapenko on the WTA tour!
Sharapova did
Ostapenko is obviously on fire.
Ostapenko is the most dangerous floater in any draw. She could make 50 UF errors in a match, or she can clean anyone’s clock. I wish she was a bit more consistent, her top tennis really is top 5 stuff
spot on. its so frustrating watching her self destruct against lower ranked players when she can clearly play so well and has so much talent
The battle between two former French Open champions and it went to Ostapenko. When Osty's on her game she's Very Very hard to beat. She comes up with some terrific power backhands from ALL over the court. Amazing power game she has (when she's on).
Sadly her consistency is awful. She plays like that once per tournament and usually not even for the whole match.
@@svetoslavtodorov2427 True. Her focus can be all over the place. After her grand slam achievement she's been playing with house money and just seems to want to get by here and there.
Ofc Swiatek vid only when she didnt win :) Good job WTA.
Women's game is very even. A missed opportunity of Iga to cement her number 4 ranking.
Always loved the way Ostapenko plays but her second serves need to be stronger.
Indian Wells 2021 is turning out to be full of surprises!
Swiatek seems to struggle against the heavier hitters - she’s hitting pretty short here and folks like bencic and ostapenko will eat those immediately. Wondering if doubles yday affected her mentality.
Always the problem for heavy top spinners. If I were a coach I wouldn't teach that style. I've seen too many matches lost to players who step in and nail it. Even Nadal struggles when Djokovic does it, and no woman has his strength to get as much kick on it.
@@tomgraham3206 I see your point. But when Ostapenko has her bad runs, you might want her to produce more topspin to avoid loads of errors. A player like Wozniacki would likely never have reached the number one spot in women's tennis if she had tried to play the way Ostapenko does.
@@jatojo heavy topspin is good for percentages but you're too vulnerable when someone clobbers the ball early and hard so that you don't have the time or the strength to generate the power to go with the spin, and then your balls drop short. It's tough to play against topspin and it can cause a lot of errors, but the chances are in a tournament you will come up against one player who is playing well enough to out hit you. To be fair to Swiatek she plays the aggressive topspin style better than any woman I've seen do it, thinking of Sabatini, Martinez, Mauresmo, Kuznetsova, Stosur. All of those players were slam winners with great careers but on many occasions I saw them pummelled by in form players who could hit down on the ball. Flatter hitters tend to have the match more on their racket. Swiatek could do with a sliced backhand to slow things down when someone is coming at her.
The top spin should make players less prone to unforced errors (although idk how true this is for swiatek). she’s also usually very mobile and I’m not seeing it here (at least in the highlights) so might just not be at her physical best.
Add Sakkari, Muguruza and Konjuk to the list of heavy hitters....
Igaaaaaaaa...... at the professional level, you can't just hit the ball back to your opponent and expect to win. Cross court or down the line every time.....
Iga is sooo passive and defensive when she has to play against hard-hitters. And these floppy balloon forehands don't help. Sakkari, Jabour, Ostapenko, Badosa will always beat her if she doesn't change something.
Exactly 👍🏻
Exactly. Rafa is her idol, but no one can win like Rafa doews, with that style of play. I hope that her coach tries to adjust her game.
yes.to much spin is not great
she is still learning on the hard court
totally agree with you.
So happy for her 😍😍😍❤❤
If only Penko can improve that horrendous serve!!! Her groundstrokes are an exciting delight to watch.
Goodness some of those beauties. Lovely winners by the wonderful Ostapenko shot making machine
How good could Jelena really have become if she had had a real coach all these years?
Genius, Swiatek.....wishing you to be a Grand Champion someday
Ostapenko's excellent victory in the battle of Roland Garros champions brought her to Іndian Wells 1/4 finals for the first time.💪👍
She also beat krejicova and siniakova in the doubles!! So many French open champions!
Look at that crowd! Eeeeeeeverybody loves Iga. My little Iga pie.
I am so happy to see this. Jelena is back to the form when she won her Roland Garros title.
Ostapenko on fire!!! What a match!
Iga didn't seem eager.
It's easier on the ego to check out mentally when you're being hit off the court.
Hey that kinda rhymes😎
Iga and Bianca probably came from the same academy that if you Kill the ball it will win you the point every time. They are both finding it's not always the case! Congrats to Jelena on her win today!
Sorry to see Iga go. Good match. Jelena played well.
quite disappointing the mentality from Iga. Where is the fight, the passion??
nowhere!
I think she is too satisfied after getting her breakthrough.
Passion ain’t gonna do much when your opponent is painting the corners.
Ostapenko has been playing pretty well since May with one title, one loss in another final and this is her second quarterfinal besides those.. Her ranking has gone from 44 at the start of the year to 29 before this week. It seems like there are fewer blow ups and arguments and I wonder if the implementation more and more of electronic line calls may help her as there are no arguments under this system with lines people and chair umpires.
I think opponents are getting used to Iga’s loopy balls. I feel like she was hitting much harder during her FO victory. Now, she seems to be playing passively and softly
Well she was vsing counterpuncher and she didn’t play a top player with a great serve or ground strokes
@@Worshipking23 Ostapenko is a top player??
@@GabrielHernandez-zp1ke she's but when she is in mood. Which happen every now and again. For a set or two per year... She's top but her inconsistency is her biggest flaw.
@@GabrielHernandez-zp1ke she won a grandslam . But I mean she didn’t vs a big hitter
nobody can beat peak penko but it’s a shame she rarely comes out.
Why do you have to show us on the highlights Ostapenko's corner at every point she wins??? why do you think is important for the highligths that we have to see her corner clapping???
BH winners were from heaven. No one could play with them.
Jalena played simply brutal! There are just a few female tennis players with bull’s eyes to hit the línes like she does! Congrats Jalena; I hope that you win your semi final match!
Congratulations, Jelena... It played very well!!!👏👏👏👏👏
Swiatek must have been having an off day, a tell tale sign is when she's not bothering to run for returnable shots. I admit it's sad to see her lose, especially to someone i loathe as much as Ostapenko.
Ostapenko is so awesome and entertaining. What a character! Her smile is contagious and she’s a Queen 👑 favorite player on tour 😇
cry more lmao
@@user-vc4xo7hw5q hehehe yeah. I pretty much back anyone going up against Ostapenko given her track record of poor sportsmanship. She did play really well here and kudos to her but I still think Swiatek was playing far below her usual self. Any other day but I guess today was Ostapenko's.
Jelena has a talent . she have to play evenly like top 10
Go ahead Ostapenko! I thought Swiatek would win but you deserved to win this!
Jelena game is amazing ..
Ostapenko is not just unplayable today. She is unplayably the best player when she is in the mood. But it is impossible to play like that match after match over a fortnight - except during that Paris fortnight when the ball kept hitting the lines at ferocious speed. But with that kind of game, it can get ugly fast when she misfires. I like her game though, and I admire her all-or-nothing attitude . Her turn-around time between rallies is quick because she doesn't need to work the crowd, and she doesnt think too much about Plan A or B. She only plays the Ostapenko way - drive every ball flat, hard and early. And she seldom look intimidated because she knows that her best is better than everyone else's best.
Jalena insane today..played out of skin... amazing
Wow, Jelena so Well to day , She is deserve to win
Go Elena💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
It is funny this is only the very first Iga’s Indian Wells game on the WTA channel. Unfortunately the lost one. WTA, why?
Because she's been a loser lately.
@@mublikbublik7911 well, there is many more other games on the channel between the losers… Do not get it.
all my favts are out from indian wells masters.... IGA 💔
Quite dissapointed with iga today . But i am sure you will improve and comeback stronger . You have lot of potential . But happy for ostapenko she is coming stronger and stronger . I hope she wins this one .
Ostapenko played very well here 👏🏼
Imagine if Jelena had a good serve...
We would call her Serena Williams then. :p
Yes I agree. She'd be even better
Love to see Jelena win. LET’S GO OSTAPENKO!!! 💥💪🏽🤩
Jelena has more hitting powers than Andy Murray in his prime time; that muscles is no joke!
Best ever
Swiatek best legs in tennis... ;)
Magda Linette😉
yeah well kontaveit cirstea vekic and kalinskaya WALK ALL OVER THEM! hahaha
Two great Roland Garros Champions ❤ Good job Jelena ❤ and nice game Iga ❤✨
We want video longer
My only criticism of Iga if you can call it that is she appears to be too placid for her own good sometimes. She needs to learn how to dig in more when things are not going to plan. She is too nice. She plays great tennis match after match barely losing a game then when she is tested her levels can drop. She will learn this though in time, she is a great talent and great to watch.
I like Jelena Ostapenko very much
Jelena was very, very good today, but Iga didn't feel well. She was kinda tired or unfocused, therefore slow. Maybe some kind of pain. I got RG deja vu from match against Sakkari. There was something wrong, she didn't move well. Her serve left her in crucial moments. She wasn't able to defend break points, there were a lot of easy mistakes. I hope she's okay, Helluva battle in Mexico awaits her.
I love swiatek. ❤
I am writing this on 6/23/23---Iga still has never beaten Ostapenko-----it's 3-0 Penko.
Iga has been a one hit wonder so far. I believe success in WTA field is based on which player has the momentum in that particular tournament. Success is unfortunately not based on consistency. So WTA needs to come up with momentum based seeding, or get rid of seeding all together. If the player has a momentum in a particular tournament, they should just push through it and win the title. Because they never know when they will another title again.
Wha ..?? Man, lay off the weed. Or smoke some more weed, I don't know how it works with you, but you're not smoking the exact right amount of weed!! 🤨🤔😀
I love Ostapenko every time she toss the ball on her serve like she always open her mouth and she’s abt to puke 😂😂
Era essa Iga que ia vencer esse torneio
In this match, Iga became passive and less aggressive not going after the ball. She just watched Jelena do her precise groundstrokes without trying to catch them. After R3, Iga needs to build her stamina better to last for 5 sets. Jelena is a ground pounder and hits hard.
Jelena is a fighter!
Great Jelena ❤️❤️🔥
I`m just wondering when Iga and her team finally realize that playing doubles at the same tournament (as in e.g. French Open 2021) is a bad idea - so exhausted was she both mentally and physically after her doubles match that against Ostapenko today she simply wasn`t being her normal self. It may be perfectly OK for players like Krejcikova (French Open winner in both singles and doubles) but Swiatek is a different sort of person - fragile mentally and unstable physically . Iga is my favourite WTA player, so please, Swiatek Team, do start to think.
Ostapen blew Iga off the court not suprised, Iga has lost qualities that made her RG champion. Not defending that title really led to her going downhill
Lol she won RG in the middle of a pandemic. The only thing she lost was an easy tournament.
She is overrated and this matched confirmed that. A great player should be able to break down penkos poor serve and one dimensional game
@@jameshampton5659 100%
@@jameshampton5659, as much as I am rooting for Iga, I agree, that her ranking is too high, too fast. I think that the ranking system needs an overhaul.
@@chrisak49 Agree,,,the pandemic is what allowed Swiatek to grab RG 2020...but ever since she won only very minor event like Adelaide (which attracted bottom players) and Rome ,where sheer luck and poor players like Pliskova let her won...Swiatek is OVERRATED and ONE HIT WONDER...She is unstable psychologically what ruins her physically,hence an early exit each time...all she can is 3rd or 4th round at best...After RG 2020 (where one must admit that she was ANOTHER or different Swiatek ,who played a class above the rest just like another Steffi Graff) she glided down to become a mediocre player who can lose with any bottom player...Even Koniuh won with her...After RG 2020 Swiatek was tipped by many to join the golden greats like Steffi Graff,Serena Williams but sadly all turned out to be just hollow expectations on behalf of her many fans and well wishes....Sad
Sakkari, Jabeur, Ostapenko - players Swiatek will have a negative match score….. they hit strong and flat. Iga hits only in the middle (on the racket) and has no chance….
Exactly, and every fan of Iga know it. So we can assume that Iga nad her team know too. Unfortunately I'm afraid that she can't do much more against these types of players with her forehand technique so she will awlays struggle in that kind of matchup.
The middle of the racket is the best place to hit the ball
@@jeffreykaufmann2867 - 😀 in the middle of the court……. Opponent doesn’t need to move at all…….
@@michawu4401 Yeah I noticed that too. I was literally screaming for Iga to stop hitting the ball to the middle of the court.
@@michawu4401 Medvedev's strategy vs Novak (2021 U.S Open) was to hit more in the middle to prevent him from hitting Sharp Angle Winners.
tough loss but hope she learns from it
Unfortunately, Iga won’t draw any conclusions from her losses… She would like to do but she has only ONE STRATEGY for the match. When she loses, she goes to the toilet and calls medical help….(Sakkari RG’21). She can’t handle the even matches, top points or when she loses…. Crucial points - double faults, no first serve, etc. Abramowicz - psychologist she cooperates is her fellow friend, not a therapist…. Iga is weak as far as sports mentality is concerned….🙀
@@michawu4401 👌
Ostapenko has Swiatek number Played Three occasions won them all.
Iga would never cross 4th round it seems. Become 4th round bunny.😃
Unfortunately Iga's game is going down.Such a talent...sorry
Too early for any statements I think ;-) She is still “just” starting …
She has had a very consistent and decent season. She has dealt well most of the time with the expectations. Odd statement considering she has recently risen into the top 5 in the world.
On man jekyll and Hyde come to play today. Keep it up
Jelena can be erratic with her big strokes. But in this match she was on fire.
Battle of RG 1 slammers
This one really surprised me.
Let's go IGA!!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Too late.
it's simple, ostapenko shots have always been an all-or-nothing type of shots, she's gonna win the title this time too for sure cus it doesnt seem al all that her risky shots will let her down this time.
All of this is symptomatic of what is either right or wrong with the WTA at the moment. You have consistent, regular top ten players like Pliskova, Sabalenka and Svitolina who are always the favourites but never fail to disappoint in the biggest matches. This leaves the door ajar for streaky players to hit a hot streak and go through & steal a slam. There are so many 1 slammers at the moment playing - as fans we expect them to do what Barty, Osaka and Halep have done & at least win one more but it isn't happening.
Swiatek is 3-9 in 2021 against top #30 players on hard court ( 25% ) .
Not once was Swiatek’s corner shown on the screen?
Jelena number one 🎾🌹
Ленка огонь 🔥
Ostapenko or Rogers?
Yeeeeessssssssssss!!!🥳
Couldn't help but notice that Iga has started grunting, but only when hitting a second serve. Reminds me of Sam Stosur - coincidence or deliberate imitation?