It was a night in Doha that was going to be a sleepless night for former French Open champion Ostapenko's supporters, and being the biggest paver was uncomfortable for anyone.
When Ostapenko delivered the worst defeat of her career on Swiatek with churros, there were fears that she would end up with a scavenger for 23-year-old American Anisimova, despite the fact that many thought she had become Doha's favourite.
Ostapenko has been quite strong in Doha this year, beating Aoi Ito, Samsonova, Paulini, Jabbar and Swiatek on their way to the final; Anisimova was also impressive, beating Azarenka, Badosa, Fernandez, Kostyuk and Alexandrova to reach the final.
Many people on the outside world are more optimistic about Ostapenko winning the title, in addition to her victories over the likes of Samsonova and Jabbar, as well as two of the world's top 10 players, Paolini and Swiatek. In this regard, Anisimova has beaten opponents who are significantly less valuable than the former French Open champion, beating five opponents in the top 30 category.
Before the two fought this time, there was a very interesting episode, and many fans and netizens laughed at this "reincarnation war".
Prior to this encounter, Ostapenko and Anisimova had only met once, in 2022, also in Doha, and the pair fought three sets to decide the winner, with Ostapenko coming out on top.
Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, Anisimova will most likely defeat Ostapenko with a strong revenge mentality. Besides, after reaching the final of the Toronto 1000 last year and missing out on the championship, the American girl will definitely not want to miss the opportunity to reach the final of the 1000 again in less than a year.
In addition, since both of them belong to a typical violent style of play, everyone is eager to know who has a deeper path and who can have the last laugh in this violent aesthetic fight!
It is said that the contest between women with high violence can best set off the climax of the game, which is very obvious in the duel between Ostapenko and Anisimova.
Ostapenko still imposes his power on the yellow tennis ball and makes it run at high speed; Anisimova also did not show weakness in the confrontation, hitting the ball vigorously and playing a flat and fast tennis ball, which made fans and netizens enjoy it.
Previously, when Jabbar and Swiatek were defeated by Ostapenko's sheer power, everyone was also worried that Anisimova would be preempted by Ostapenko and be in a catch-up.
What is praised by the American girl is that through her strong performance, she instantly dispelled everyone's concerns, not only outperforming her opponents, but even showing more calm than Ostapenko in terms of mentality. It was this difference that allowed Anisimova to achieve a fatal break against Ostapenko in the ninth game of the first set to take a 6-4 lead.
The first to lose the first set, as the side under the most pressure, everyone is also very curious to know how Ostapenko will deal with the next after encountering the hard stubble of Anisimova, after all, she has won against Jabbar and Swiatek before, she has run to the end of the victory with absolute dominance, and now the situation has completely turned off from before, and naturally the real test of the former French Open champion has come.
In the second set of the contest, it is estimated that Ostapenko himself will wonder in his heart, he used to be speechless about his violence, but he didn't expect Anisimova to be even more unreasonable than herself in this regard.
The American girl's move completely put Ostapenko into extreme passivity, and after holding the break advantage, Anisimova did not give Ostapenko any chance to fight back and turn the table, and after winning the second set 6-4, she immediately fell to the ground to celebrate the victory, and the picture is quite touching.
It was the third title of Anisimova's career and the only 1000 title of her career so far. With this championship, the American girl has soared from 41st to 23rd in the world to the current 18th, and the former genius girl is finally back.
After the match, everyone's first reaction to Ostapenko was that the former French Open champion was really worse in terms of stability, she was able to sweep Abdul-Jabbar 6-2 in two ways, and she could also sweep Swiatek in the way of sending fritters, but it was difficult to continue the good form to the end, so that she finally made a wedding dress for Anisimova and cleared all obstacles on the road to the championship for the American girl, while she hated Doha and was successfully avenged by the American girl.
To be precise, Ostapenko lost the game in the end, and the reason for this was that the fluctuations at key moments were a little large, and this aspect was indeed not as good as Anisimova. For example, she made 19 unforced errors in the first set, more than she beat Swiatek in the semifinals. The French Open champion made 36 unforced errors before the match, and if you add 10 double faults, it can be said that Ostapenko really lost in this violent competitive game!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)