All four finals are Quya, and the Sabalencastron Stuttgart curse is hard to remove!

Yes, Sabalenka is the runner-up of Stuttgart again!

On the evening of April 21, Beijing time, Sabalenka, as the top seed of the tournament, welcomed a strong challenge from former French Open women's singles champion Ostapenko, who finally won the championship in straight sets with a score of 6-4 6-1, which is also the first clay crown of the Latvian star since the French Open in 2017.

Keep in mind that this was only Ostapenko's first win in four meetings with Sabalenka. Throughout her journey to the tournament, Ostapenko has won the tournament with back-to-back victories over No.7 seed Navarro, No.2 seed Swiatek, No.22 seed Alexandrova and top seed Sabalenka.

In contrast, Sabalenka, who finished runner-up in the women's singles in Stuttgart for the fourth time, was much more depressed, but her speech at the medal ceremony was quite appropriate.

"I would like to congratulate Elena and her team for a very fantastic week here. You've played well this week, you're a better player than me today, enjoy driving this beautiful car! ”

"I'm so happy I can afford this car. So you know what? I'm going to have to book one after this final because it's the only way I can get this one behind. ”

Sabalenka's slightly quirming remarks were still full of humor, and despite losing the final in Stuttgart, the Belarusian remains firmly in the top spot in the world number one and this week is also the 35th week of her career.

Back in the 2021 season, when Sabalenka was the No. 5 seed in the women's singles at Stuttgart, she defeated China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai 6-2 in the first round, and she eliminated Fredsam, Kontaveit in succession, and defeated the tournament's No. 2 seed Halep in the semi-finals.

In the final against top seed Barty, Sabalenka came back from a 6-3 lead to lose her first women's singles final in Stuttgart.

Sabalenka continued to play as Stuttgart's No.3 seed in 2022, beating Andreescu in the second round with a first-round bye in three sets, knocking out No.5 seed Kontaveit in the third round and No.2 seed Badosa in the semi-finals before losing to top seed Swiatek 2-6 in the final.

Fast forward to 2023, Sabalenka is already the No. 2 seed in the tournament, and she knocked out Kryjcikova, Badosa and Potapova in the first few rounds to reach the women's singles final in Stuttgart for the third consecutive year, but ultimately lost to top seed Swiatek in two sets.

Sabalenka was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Vondrousova last year as the second seed of the tournament, and as the current world No. 1, born in 1998, there are still plenty of opportunities to drive a Porsche in Stuttgart.(Source: Tennis House Author: Barbie)