By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Friday, September 1, 2023
NEW YORK—Courtroom 17 is Chaos Courtroom for some standouts throughout this US Open.
Jelena Ostapenko mastered the mayhem beating American Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to arrange a US Open fourth spherical conflict vs. world No. 1 Iga Swiatek.
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Within the aftermath of Alexander Zverev’s US Open straight-sets first spherical win, he stated cozy Courtroom 17 smelled like rapper Snoop Dogg’s home after a persistent session.
“The entire courtroom smells like weed,” Zverev stated. “Courtroom 17 undoubtedly smells like Snoop Dogg’s lounge.”
The Olympic gold-medal champion remarks got here after eighth-seeded Maria Sakkari, who was upset within the opening spherical, additionally cited the odor of marijuana coming from Flushing Meadows Corona park throughout her first-round match on Courtroom 17.
At present, Ostapenko stated the odor of weed wasn’t a problem—she’s come to count on that—moderately it was a loud fan yelling earlier than the Latvian served that irritated the flamable No. 20 seed.
“With the weed, it is a regular factor. Each match I odor it,” Ostapenko stated. “It is not a shock they have been complaining about.
“However, yeah, this fan, I used to be main 4-1 within the third set, after which all of the sudden I served a serve and he began to shout like loopy. Yeah, not like one or two phrases, I believe two sentences in a row. After all, the chair umpire instructed him to be quiet.”
The 2017 Roland Garros champion will search calmer situations when she faces reigning champion Iga Swiatek for a quarterfinal spot.
Ostapenko is 3-0 lifetime vs. Swiatek, together with squeezing out a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) within the 2022 Dubai spherical of 16.
“With Jelena, it is somewhat bit like in the future she will play an ideal match and simply put every part in though she’s actually risking, and the opposite day might be totally different,” stated Swiatek, who has dropped simply 9 video games by three rounds. “You by no means know what to anticipate. However I form of settle for that, you recognize, all these gamers they’re going to play the very best tennis in opposition to me. I felt that couple instances already.
“It is not simple in opposition to her. We performed a extremely tight match two years in the past in Dubai. For positive I am getting shut.”
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