WTA Stuttgart: Ostapenko swept past Sabalenka to win his ninth career title

On April 21, local time, the 2025 WTA 500 Stuttgart women's singles champion was born, and former French Open champion Ostapenko defeated top seed Sabalenka in straight sets 6-4/6-1 in the final, defeating the world's top two in a row this week to win the ninth title of her career, which is also her first clay title since the 2017 French Open.

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Sabalenka have won all three of their previous meetings, winning in straight sets in their last meeting in Rome last year. In this match, Ostapenko launched a strong attack on Sabalenka's serve, breaking in the opening set of the first set, although Sabalenka broke back at the end of the set, but in the end Ostapenko won two games in a row to take the lead 6-4.

In the second set, Ostapenko was in a strong position to not allow Sabalenka to hold serve in the whole set and seal the win 6-1. At full-time, Ostapenko had a 55% return win rate, while Sabalenka's serve win rate was just 44%.

Ostapenko Stuttgart wins the cup

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With 500 ranking points from this week's victory, Ostapenko will return to the top 20 in the world rankings. In the post-match interview, Ostapenko shared: "I've had enough pressure in my career that I didn't feel particularly nervous even when I was on the final stage today. In my mind, I'm just going to play like I normally would. Tennis is a busy sport and I'm going to catch a flight right away, then train in Madrid for a few days and play again on Thursday. ”

As a former French Open champion, this is only Ostapenko's second clay title, and Ostapenko said he will not put any pressure on himself for this year's French Open campaign. "Obviously I can do well on clay. I'll come one at a time, but anything can happen. ”

Ostapenko's road to victory

First round: 6-3/3-0 Yastremska[Q] Ret.

Second round: 7-5/3-6/6-2 Navarro[7]

1/4 Finals: 6-3/3-6/6-2 Swiatek[2]

Semi-finals: 6-4, 6-4 Alexandrova

Final: Sabalenka 6-4, 6-1[1]

(Text and editor: Dato)