Jelena Ostapenko will face Iga Swiatek in the WTA Doha, Qatar semifinals on Friday, February 14.Ostapenko earned a two-set win over Ons Jabeur (6-2, 6-2) in the quarterfinals in her last match on

Iga Swiatek has once again failed to beat Jelena Ostapenko as the Latvian annihilated the five-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 6-1 in the semifinal of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha. Going into the match, the world No. 2 had zero wins and four losses against the current world No. 37.

Friday’s semifinal action at the WTA Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha will feature an underrated rivalry spotlighting the World No. 2, and a matchup between two unseeded heavy hitters.

Jelena Ostapenko stops Iga Swiatek's four-peat Hopes at Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha on February 14, 2025.

Three-times defending champion Iga Swiatek was bundled out of the Qatar Open by Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who beat the Polish second seed 6-3 6-1 in the semi-finals on Friday. The 23-year-old five-times Grand Slam champion Swiatek,

Jelena Ostapenko ended Iga Swiatek’s three-year reign at the Qatar Open in the semifinals. No. 37-ranked Ostapenko won 6-3, 6-1 and improved her record against No. 2 Swiatek to 5-0. The Latvian is the only active player to have faced Swiatek at least twice and kept a winning record.

Three-time defending Qatar Open champion Iga Swiatek suffered a crushing 6-3, 6-1 defeat by Jelena Ostapenko in the semi-finals on Friday, her fifth loss in as many meetings with the mercurial Latvian.