Iga Swiatek’s US Open defense has been ended following a loss to Jelena Ostapenko in the last 16.
The Polish top seed came up short as 20th seed Ostapenko hit 31 winners and forced Swiatek into a series of mistakes.
The Latvian will now face off against American sixth seed Coco Gauff next.
Swiatek’s 75-week streak as the women’s world number one has been ended by the defeat, with Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka guaranteed to replace her after the US Open.
Swiatek had lost all three of her previous meetings against Ostapenko, but the pair had not played since February 2022 – after which the Pole embarked on a transformational 37-match winning run.
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