​On court 14, at the end of the Porte d’Auteuil complex, Olena Ostapenko showed a new performance that seems to be part of our famous slogan “alone against all”.

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The champion of 2017, Olena Ostapenko, left Roland Garros early

The arena is full, the weather is great, the public is eager for the show. A Grand Slam champion (Jelena Ostapenko, fresh off her 2017 final with Simona Halep) and world No. 69 (Peyton Stearns) are on the field.

The match unfolds according to the simplest coordinates: Elena tries to send only winning shots, and the American (probably also on the advice of the coach) at any cost wants to drag out the draws, feeling that in the end Ostapenko. one for you the first one is wrong.

The plan went as expected, with Jelena sending markers from all positions, desperately looking for the line and providing the gifts that Stearns’ team expected from the spot. The set went to the American with a score of 6-1.

As if remembering the sensational race of 2017 on Parisian soil, Yelena began to master accuracy. He sent even harder, even closer to the baseline, and the shots began.

Inexperienced at the highest level, Peyton was overwhelmed by the siege she found herself in, and eventually succumbed morally as well: 6-1 in favor of Ostapenko.

In these coordinates, before the deciding set, many would rush to bet on the Grand Slam champion. With Ostapenko, however, you never know where you will end up: whether at a ball or in the hospital.

Although on a wave of confidence after winning the set, Yelena returns to the behavior of the first set. He argues with himself, with the referee, the balls don’t suit him, he grimaces and even raises his voice at his box.

The only ones who escaped the wrath of Latvia were the bullet children.

Elena makes double faults with forehands that could be seen from the adjacent court, sends a forehand shot so powerful and inaccurate that the ball would not even be suitable for doubles, and in the midst of all her inner excitement, she rushes at the viewer: psssssssss! (she was booed on the open stage).

There are times when you don’t want to upset Elena or be part of her team (they get the most criticism throughout the game). Latyshka waves her hands and gestures as if conducting a philharmonic.

Elena’s tennis is (probably) the easiest to read on the women’s circuit: there is no middle ground with the Latvian – shots are either winning balls or unforced errors.

Despite her best efforts on Wednesday, the crowd on Court 14 applauded Yelena as she hit an impressive number of winning shots (29 in total), with French fans always valuing an attacking game over a defensive one (a “squeal” as we would say).

Yelena left the court defeated after the game, which lasted an hour and 43 minutes (3-6, 6-1, 2-6), and prematurely said goodbye to the tournament, where she made the biggest surprise of her career.

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