Olena Ostapenko made it to the quarterfinals of WTA Brisbane, but the match against Karolina Pliskova forced her to go through several emotional states (victory in three sets, score 6-2, 4-6, 6-3).

Olena Ostapenko, a nervous breakdown in the winning match against Karolina Pliskova at WTA Brisbane

In the second set, the Latvian could not stand it, losing one with a score of 6-4, and at the end of the game she admitted that she becomes “uncontrollable” when she misses important points.

“I’m very angry with myself. I am a fighter and I really want to play almost perfectly. I realize that nothing is perfect, but this is my way of being,” she added Olena Ostapenko at the end of the match with Karolina Pliskova.

As a reminder, Ostapenko is the champion of Grand Slam tournaments, a title won in 2017 at Roland Garros after the final against Simona Halep.

WTA Brisbane, they have already played in the 1/8 finals

Daria Kasatkina (5) – Magda Lynette (9) 6-4, 6-2

Victoria Azarenka (8) – Klara Burel 7-5, 6-2

Linda Noskova – Julia Riera 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-3

Mirra Andreeva – Arina Rodionova 6-1, 6-1

Olena Ostapenko (3) – Karolina Plishkova (16) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

They take place on Thursday

Veronika Kudermetova (6) – Anastasia Potapova (11)

Aryna Sabalenko (1) – Lin Zhu (15)

Elise Mertens (13) – Olena Rybakina (2)

The WTA tournament in Brisbane takes place from December 31 to January 7 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money of $1,736,763, and the title champion is Arina Sabalanka (2023).

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